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The surname Oles

A surname, carried by 1,552 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex O420

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Oles is more common than 88.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,552 people named Oles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 198,934 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,472.

#17,992
rank among US surnames
1,552
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+5.4%
change since 2000 (was #17,596)

Who is named Oles

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

91% of people named Oles identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 91%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Oles

Oles has the Soundex code O420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O420.

Questions

How common is the surname Oles?
1,552 people in the United States had the surname Oles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,934 Americans. It ranked 17,992nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Oles?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Oles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Oles getting more or less common?
More common. 1,472 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,552 in 2010, up 5.4%.