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    The surname Olan

    A surname, carried by 1,099 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex O450

    Olan: #23,205 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Olan #23,205, 1,099 people Olan: #23,205 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Olan #23,205, 1,099 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Olan is more common than 85.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,099 people named Olan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 280,933 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 779.

    #23,205
    rank among US surnames
    1,099
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +41.1%
    change since 2000 (was #28,751)

    Who is named Olan

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

    74% of people named Olan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 17% as white (not Hispanic) and 6.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 74%
    • White (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 6.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Olan

    Olan has the Soundex code O450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O450.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Olan?
    1,099 people in the United States had the surname Olan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 280,933 Americans. It ranked 23,205th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Olan?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Olan identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 17% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Olan getting more or less common?
    More common. 779 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,099 in 2010, up 41%.