Ölü Surname

921,780th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 287 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Ölü Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ölü 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
Turkey2861:272,10318,370
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873

The alternate forms: Olu (24,235) are calculated separately.

Ölü Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ölü is most common in Turkey. It may be found in the variant forms: Olu. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ölü? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 921,780th most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 25,392,146 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 95 percent of Ölü live; 95 percent live in West Asia and 95 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

This surname is most frequent in Turkey, where it is borne by 286 people, or 1 in 272,103. In Turkey Ölü is primarily found in: Sanliurfa Province, where 25 percent are found, Konya Province, where 16 percent are found and Samsun Province, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Turkey it is found in one country. It also occurs in Azerbaijan, where 0 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
Ölyü861/
Öl8013/
Olu7824,235/
Höllü7521/
Öhl67304/
Öll67145/
Yöl671/
Öle671/
Helü5719/
Halü5718/
Öhlie502/
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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 Ölü
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