Olway Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Olway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Olway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olway Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olway is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Olway.
How Common Is The Last Name Olway? popularity and diffusion
The surname Olway is the 4,307,654th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Olway live; 90 percent live in Northern Europe and 90 percent live in British Isles.
The last name Olway is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 3,095,448. In England it is most frequent in: Greater Manchester, where 44 percent are found, Cambridgeshire, where 33 percent are found and Hampshire, where 6 percent are found. Not including England this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 5 percent are found and Nigeria, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Olway
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