Olufs Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Olufs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olufs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1361:2,665,139160,299
Germany481:1,677,19797,745
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Olufs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Olufs is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olufs? popularity and diffusion

The last name Olufs is the 1,244,200th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 73 percent of Olufs reside; 73 percent reside in North America and 73 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 2,665,139. In The United States Olufs is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 30 percent are found, California, where 27 percent are found and Wisconsin, where 15 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 26 percent are found and Austria, where 1 percent are found.

Olufs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Olufs has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 3,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Olufs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Olufs surname are 16% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 69.23% being registered with the party.

Olufs earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.31% less than the national average, earning $42,151 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oluf8915/
Olufe80321/
Alufs802/
Oluws802/
Oluff801/
Holuf800/
Olaufe7342/
Holluf735/
Ollouf731/
Holubs731/
Oliefs730/
Aluf67585/
Hollauf67282/
Olub6737/
Oulhouf675/
Olufowa674/
Gouleuf673/
Oluw673/
Ottlauf670/

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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 Olufs
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