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
The surname Olway is found most in England. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Olway? popularity and diffusion
The surname Olway is the 4,307,654th most commonly used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. Olway occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Olway are found; 90 percent are found in Northern Europe and 90 percent are found in British Isles.
Olway is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 3,095,448. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Greater Manchester, where 44 percent reside, Cambridgeshire, where 33 percent reside and Hampshire, where 6 percent reside. Not including England it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 5 percent reside and Nigeria, where 5 percent reside.
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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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