The Olivan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 580 people carried this name — #38,214 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is up 43% from 406 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Olivan surname
Borrowed from Spanish Oliván, a habitational surname from a place in Aragon.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Olivan» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 372 people named Olivan live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 108 people named Olivan.
28 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Olivan,
with a public archive behind them.
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Roberto Olivan 1972– · choreographer
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Gabriela Olivan 1973– · director of communications
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Olivan.
- Oles 1,552 · U.S. census
- Olier 193 · U.S. census
- Oliger 375 · U.S. census
- Olin 4,163 · U.S. census
- Olinger 5,732 · U.S. census
- Oliva 19,513 · U.S. census
- Olivar 1,456 · U.S. census
- Olivares 23,982 · U.S. census
- Olivari 258 · U.S. census
- Olive 5,712 · U.S. census
- Oliveira 19,055 · U.S. census
- Oliver 115,900 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Olivan is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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