Olykan Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
New Zealand
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Olykan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olykan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
England31:18,572,686338,250
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Olykan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Olykan is most common in New Zealand. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Olykan.

How Common Is The Last Name Olykan? popularity and diffusion

Olykan is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. Olykan is predominantly found in Oceania, where 67 percent of Olykan are found; 67 percent are found in Australasia and 67 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname is most commonly used in New Zealand, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 566,040. In New Zealand it is most numerous in: Canterbury Region, where 75 percent reside, Auckland Region, where 13 percent reside and West Coast Region, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account New Zealand this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olikan8360/
Olekan838/
Alykan838/
Alykhan77824/
Oliekan77144/
Olijkan7725/
Olikhan7716/
Olickan7712/
Olekane776/
Oelekan776/
Olaikan775/
Ollekan773/
Golikan772/
Oylekan771/
Oilikan771/
Aalykan771/
Eleykan771/
Ollikan771/
Olikain771/
Olikkan771/
Holikan771/
Allykhan71173/
Oulikane7122/
Ollikain7112/
Oledkhan715/
Ollikhan711/
Houlikan710/
Alikan671,000/
Elekan67126/
Elikan67117/
Alykanova6742/
Alekan6730/
Golikhaan676/
Oulikhane671/
Èlekan671/
Olecan671/
Alıkan671/

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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 Olykan
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