Olean is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Olean
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, Scotland
Meaning:

Lastname Olean is the variation of Lyne. A parish in Peebles-shire; an estate near Newdigate, county Surrey; and rivers in counties Peebles, Devon, and life.

Olean is the variant form of Linnell. Descendant of Lionel meaning "the little Leon or lion".

A form of the Lyons. Descendant of Leon meaning "lion"; dweller at the sign of the lion.

Lastname Olean is variant form of the Lions. Of the Lions.

The Olean is the variation of Lune. A river in Lancashire.

Lastname Olean is variant form of Lyon. 1. Lord Strathmore's family descend from John de Lyon, who obtained from King David II baronies and lands in the shires of Perth and Aberdeen. 2. Lion.

A whilom student at Trin. Coll., Dublin, a great fop, got the sobriquet of Dandy-Lyon, which greatly annoyed him. To his high gratification he afterwards became possessed of an estate, together with the name of Winder; but the change of name was hardly a change for the better, as he immediately became known throughout the university as Beau-Winder.

How popular is Olean?

As per 2010 US census, number of Oleans plummeted by 1.21 per cent to 245 since 2000 and slipped by 5135 spots and ranked at 78040. The last name was found in merely 8 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.92 95.16
Black 2.45 3.23

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Gent. Olean worked as farmer and hailed from Germany. 23 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Ohio and arrived on May 23, 1877. John Olean, aged 60, 54 years old Maria Olean, Cate Olean, Samuel Olean, aged 11, Solomon Olean (16), 14 years old Zipp Olean, are others that migrated to US.

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