Olym Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Olym Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olym Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine851:535,56160,391
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Olym (80) may also be a first name.

Olym Last Name Facts

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

The surname Olym (Arabic: اوليم, Russian: Олым) is held by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Olym? popularity and diffusion

The last name Olym is the 1,849,867th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. The last name Olym occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Olym are found; 95 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 95 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. Olym is also the 1,075,395th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 80 people.

It is most widespread in Ukraine, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 535,561. In Ukraine it is most prevalent in: Kharkiv Oblast, where 66 percent live, Luhansk Oblast, where 14 percent live and Donetsk Oblast, where 8 percent live. Outside of Ukraine this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 11 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Golym893/
Holyom801/
Hollym800/
Olim754,203/
Olem752,075/
Alym75183/
Ulym758/
Olymova7325/
Ouleyme731/
Hollyhm730/
Golem671,605/
Oleme671,397/
Golim671,303/
Galym67582/
Olime67479/
Ollem67444/
Halym67401/
Oliem67292/
Holim67291/
Holem67211/
Oulem6791/
Alyom6742/
Oleam6730/
Olgem6724/
Otlem6717/
Olhem6713/
Oslem679/
Oslim678/
Hulym677/
Oulim673/
Oleem673/
Oleum673/
Ollim673/
Olaim673/
Olgim672/
Oilem672/
Aleym672/
Oliom671/
Oolem671/
Aalym671/
Oelem671/
O'Lim671/
Allym670/
Ohlem670/

Olym Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Olym in the Russian language
Олымolym-
Olym in the Arabic language
اوليمawlym-

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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 Olym
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