Olrod Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Olrod Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olrod Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:2,785,90397,972
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582

Olrod Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Olrod Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Olrod is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Olrod? popularity and diffusion

The surname Olrod is the 4,206,983rd most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Olrod live; 95 percent live in Northern Europe and 91 percent live in British Isles.

It is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 2,785,903. In England Olrod is most frequent in: Greater London, where 80 percent reside and Surrey, where 20 percent reside. Apart from England this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.

Olrod Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Olrod has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname increased 286 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olroyd91157/
Holrod917/
Olro895/
Holroyd836,896/
Holroid832/
Houlrod831/
Hollrod830/
Elrod8015,474/
Olrud8018/
Alrod8013/
Olroy8010/
Golro808/
Houlroyd7736/
Hollroyd773/
Hoylroyd771/
Holroyds770/
Ellrod73109/
Golroo739/
Olroth739/
Alroud739/
Golrou734/
Alroyd732/
Holroy732/
Gulrod731/
Elroud731/
Golroy731/
Galrod731/
Allrod730/
Elrodt730/
Aelrod730/
Elroid730/
Alroed730/
Elrodd730/
Halrod730/
Alro67271/
Ellrodt67152/
Gollrad6751/
Halroyd673/
Holroyz673/
Ohlroch671/
Olra671/
Houlroy671/
Allroyd670/
Hulroid670/
Hulroyd670/
Ohlroth670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Olrod
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