Olwitz Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Olwitz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 24 | 1:3,354,394 | 150,996 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
Olwitz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olwitz Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olwitz is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Olwitz.
How Common Is The Last Name Olwitz? popularity and diffusion
The surname Olwitz is the 3,798,600th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of Olwitz are found; 96 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 3,354,394. In Germany Olwitz is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 79 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 21 percent live. Excluding Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 7 percent live and Antigua and Barbuda, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ollwitz | 92 | 30 | / |
| Holwitz | 92 | 27 | / |
| Golwitz | 92 | 0 | / |
| Hollwitz | 86 | 94 | / |
| Gollwitz | 86 | 2 | / |
| Otlewitz | 86 | 1 | / |
| Olvitz | 83 | 33 | / |
| Elwitz | 83 | 24 | / |
| Olwicz | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ellwitz | 77 | 53 | / |
| Golvitz | 77 | 35 | / |
| Galwitz | 77 | 4 | / |
| Allwitz | 77 | 2 | / |
| Oelvitz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Holvitz | 77 | 1 | / |
| Helwitz | 77 | 0 | / |
| Golwits | 77 | 0 | / |
| Olviz | 73 | 40 | / |
| Alwiz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hellwitz | 71 | 19 | / |
| Gullwitz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hallwitz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Heulwitz | 71 | 0 | / |
| Alwaiz | 67 | 62 | / |
| Alvitz | 67 | 9 | / |
| Alwits | 67 | 1 | / |
| O'Luiz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olwets | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olwich | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Olwitz
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