Oliphant is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Oliphant
No. of characters: 8
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Oliphant

How popular is Oliphant?

Oliphant is common in South Africa.

Oliphant is ranked 23602 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Oliphant bearers increased by 6.60793 per cent in 2010 US census to 5808 since 2000, the surname slipped by 118 spots and ranked at 5931. The last name was found in around 20 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 68.8 71.71
Black 26.29 24.82
Others 2.03 1.47
Hispanic or Latino 1.81 1.19
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.64 0.51
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.43 0.29
Oliphant is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in South Africa which signifies that it is originated from South Africa. Around 21788 people have been found who wears Oliphant as their family name. Oliphant is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
3,712 Iceland10
720,003 Russia4
90,215 Germany3
1,010 Lesotho3
184,212 France3
14,078 Japan3
1,118 Isle of Man2
5,298 Botswana2
147,165 Czech Republic2
21,529 Singapore2
993 Guernsey2
801 Cape Verde1
118,015 Netherlands1
120,357 Argentina1
91,024 Belgium1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
304 Guinea-Bissau1
19,533 Uruguay1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
153,416 Italy1
1,179 Swaziland1
17,575 Kuwait1
7,847 Albania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,279 Wales45
49,869 Spain38
32,811 Sweden29
11,444 Portugal28
36,547 Switzerland27
43,584 Zimbabwe24
14,048 Ireland16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,129 Northern Ireland60
Countries with hundreds of Oliphant:
6,526 Canada652
1,575 Scotland466
6,777 Australia425
946 Jamaica339
6,646 New Zealand111
Countries with thousands of Oliphant:
5,807 United States6,756
6,340 England1,108
Countries with ten thousands of Oliphant:
592 South Africa11,616
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Oliphant worked as workman while Sarah Oliphant was Workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 27 years old Sarah embarked for USA from Liverpool on Liverpool and arrived on October 30, 1850.

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Oliphant
Oliphant is a variant of the former french horn ivory which means, by extension horn ivory (in the twelfth century in the song of roland) nickname attributed to an ivory dealer or horn-blower.

Oliphant Namesakes

  • Mark Oliphant, Former Governor of South Australia
  • Laurence Oliphant, Author
  • Sharon Oliphant, Actor
  • Bridgette Oliphant, Film director
  • Laurence Oliphant, Author
  • Efrem Oliphant, Football linebacker
  • Evan Oliphant, Bicycler
  • Laurence Oliphant, Author
  • Mark Oliphant, Former Governor of South Australia
  • Peter Oliphant, Computer game designer

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