The surname Ollis
A surname, carried by 2,016 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈɒlɪs/ 2 syllables Soundex O420
Origin
Unexplained.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,016 people named Ollis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,148 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,997.
#14,739
rank among US surnames
2,016
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+1%
change since 2000 (was #13,875)
Who is named Ollis
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Ollis identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 92%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Ollis
Ollis has the Soundex code O420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O420.
Questions
- Where does the surname Ollis come from?
- Unexplained.
- How common is the surname Ollis?
- 2,016 people in the United States had the surname Ollis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,148 Americans. It ranked 14,739th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Ollis?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Ollis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Ollis?
- Ollis is /ˈɒlɪs/, 2 syllables.
- Is the surname Ollis getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,997 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,016 in 2010, up 1.0%.