Olympus Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
South Africa

Olympus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Olympus Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Olympus (86) may also be a first name.

Olympus Last Name Facts

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

The surname Olympus is found most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olympus? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most numerous surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Olympus live; 40 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Olympus is also the 1,032,266th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 86 people.

Olympus is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Cross River, where 50 percent are found and Ondo, where 50 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 20 percent are found and The Philippines, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Olympuis931/
Olympous931/
Olmpus921/
Olimpus8662/
Olympos869/
Olybus771/
Olimpos71101/
Alimpus7114/
Alempus712/
Holyvus711/
Olbus671/
Alimpous671/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Olympus
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