Olyad Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Olyad Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olyad Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Olyad (16) may also be a first name.

Olyad Last Name Facts

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

The surname Olyad is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olyad? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,723,624th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Olyad live; 50 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Olyad is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 16 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 24,386,566. Beside Ethiopia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 38 percent reside and Belgium, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Golyad9155/
Olad8910,314/
Oulad8011,665/
Olaad801,113/
Holad80618/
Oolad80199/
Golad80122/
Oliad8057/
Alyad8027/
Olaid808/
Ojlad807/
Olyat804/
Ollad801/
Olads801/
Oilad801/
Olaud800/
Oulaid73558/
Golead73140/
Hollad73119/
Goliad7367/
Halyad7314/
Holiad7312/
Gulyad7311/
Gollad739/
Golyat736/
Oulaïd736/
Goladh735/
Golaid735/
Goulad733/
Goolad733/
Ouleyd732/
Holyat732/
Oullad732/
Hoslad731/
Houlad731/
Alyasd731/
Olloyd731/
Holadz730/
Olyatt730/
Alyads730/
Olat672,214/
Alad671,610/
Ulad671,595/
Olod67162/
Oladova6725/
Hallyad674/
Goulaid672/
Houliad671/
O'Lloyd670/
Hollead670/
Outlaud670/
Goolaud670/
Holyate670/

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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 Olyad
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