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    The surname Ola

    A Yoruba place surname, carried by 602 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex O400 Also a first name

    Ola: #37,076 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ola #37,076, 602 people Ola: #37,076 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Ola #37,076, 602 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ola is more common than 77.1% of them.

    Origin

    Yoruba origin

    Various origins: * Borrowed from Yoruba Ọlá. Ọlá is an extremely common prefix for Yoruba names (and serves as a common form of shortened names), coming from ọlá (“honor”) * Borrowed from Spanish Ola, a habitational surname from Basque ola (“forge”).

    Ola is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 602 people named Ola in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 512,866 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 418.

    #37,076
    rank among US surnames
    602
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +44%
    change since 2000 (was #47,654)

    Who is named Ola

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    34% of people named Ola identified as Black (not Hispanic), 28% as white (not Hispanic) and 19% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
    • White (not Hispanic) 28%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 19%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 18%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ola

    Ola has the Soundex code O400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O400.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ola come from?
    Various origins: * Borrowed from Yoruba Ọlá. Ọlá is an extremely common prefix for Yoruba names (and serves as a common form of shortened names), coming from ọlá (“honor”) * Borrowed from Spanish Ola, a habitational surname from Basque ola (“forge”).
    How common is the surname Ola?
    602 people in the United States had the surname Ola in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 512,866 Americans. It ranked 37,076th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ola?
    In the 2010 Census, 34% of people named Ola identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 28% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Ola?
    Ola is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Ola getting more or less common?
    More common. 418 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 602 in 2010, up 44%.
    Is Ola also a first name?
    Yes. Ola is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.