OlĨvas
surname · Latin script
OlĨvas is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Nicaragua it is the 61st most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Spanish Olivas. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.
- NINicaragua≈1 in 454(inferred from the name graph)
- CRCosta Rica1 in 4.1K
- PEPeru≈1 in 14K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 311 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 454 (inferred from the name graph)
20,106 people, 2010
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Nicaragua, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Olivas in US United States, NI Nicaragua, PE Peru and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Borrowed from Spanish Olivas. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.
Sources 1
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
OlĨvas counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 20,106 | 1 in 17K | 20K | Olivas | 311 |
| NI Nicaragua | #61 | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 454 | — | Olivas | 45 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 31K | — | Olivas | 35 |
| ES Spain | — | 2,703 | 1 in 19K | 2.7K | Olivas | 97 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈2,300 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Olivas | 52 |
| CR Costa Rica | #281 | 1,236 | 1 in 4.1K | 1.2K | Olivas | 34 |
| PT Portugal | — | ≈630 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Olivas | 9 |
20,106 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name OlĨvas mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Olivas. This surname is mostly found in Mexico. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- In which country does OlĨvas have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 20 thousand people named OlĨvas, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled olivas.
- How common is the name OlĨvas?
- In the United States, the national register counted 20,106 people named OlĨvas in 2010, about 1 in 17 thousand residents.
- How common is OlĨvas compared with other names?
- In Nicaragua, OlĨvas is the 61st most common surname of 5,756 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “OlĨvas” — the 61st most common surname in Nicaragua. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.