Oliver is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Spain, Scotland, Italy, England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Oliver
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, Spain, Scotland, Italy, England
Meaning:

Variant of Olliver. See Oliver - Both as a baptismal name and a surname, was probably imported from France, where it was long associated with romantic literature. The Domesday of Devonshire presents us with a tenant called Oliver, in the modern orthography.

Both as a baptismal name and a surname, was probably imported from France, where it was long associated with romantic literature. The Domesday of Devonshire presents us with a tenant called Oliver, in the modern orthography.

Oliver is a variation of Olivia. One who grew and sold olives; descendant of Olivo meaning "olive"; one with an olive complexion.

Descendant of Oliver, or Olivier meaning "elf, host, or an olive tree".

Oliver is a form of Ollive. The well-known baptismal or personal name, Olaf, borne by various Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish monarchs. In Domesday, a tenant in chief called Olaf occurs in Northamptonshire.

How popular is Oliver?

Oliver is common in United States, England, Spain, Nigeria, Australia, Canada, Philippines, Mexico, South Africa, Argentina, New Zealand, France, Scotland, Wales, Brazil, Jamaica, Cuba, Kenya, Bolivia, Tanzania, Northern Ireland, Trinidad and Tobago, Ireland, Uruguay, Saudi Arabia, Germany, India, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Bahamas, Chile, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Thailand, Cameroon, Peru, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Paraguay, Swaziland, Morocco, Malaysia, Zimbabwe, Israel, Panama, Micronesia, Barbados, Netherlands, Liberia.

Oliver is ranked 1828 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Oliver bearers increased by 3.81 per cent in 2010 US census to 115900 since 2000, the surname slipped by 16 spots and ranked at 264. The last name was found in around 4 per ten thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 64.19 66.74
Black 27.45 26.81
Hispanic or Latino 4.52 3.33
Others 2.43 1.85
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.74 0.72
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.68 0.54
Oliver is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Micronesia lie ahead in terms of density. Around 299494 people have been found who wears Oliver as their family name. Oliver is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundred thousands of Oliver:
255 United States141,891
Countries with ten thousands of Oliver:
159 England37,451
273 Spain20,284
1,132 Nigeria16,372
222 Australia15,097
423 Canada11,034
Countries with thousands of Oliver:
1,178 Philippines8,554
1,292 Mexico8,421
976 South Africa7,000
1,070 Argentina3,703
146 New Zealand3,415
2,343 France3,287
364 Scotland2,651
157 Wales1,879
4,511 Brazil1,801
407 Jamaica1,116
Countries with hundreds of Oliver:
997 Cuba877
5,318 Kenya872
1,250 Bolivia858
6,818 Tanzania824
566 Northern Ireland661
351 Trinidad and Tobago654
1,199 Ireland542
703 Uruguay539
8,852 Saudi Arabia517
19,290 Germany495
60,334 India464
1,534 Dominican Republic431
3,035 Venezuela421
185 Bahamas408
2,118 Chile393
3,985 Colombia389
492 Puerto Rico376
31,054 Thailand374
7,987 Cameroon332
6,445 Peru312
3,041 Papua New Guinea302
46,262 Russia287
1,048 Paraguay234
371 Swaziland227
29,345 Morocco204
9,695 Malaysia189
12,699 Zimbabwe176
7,075 Israel157
1,667 Panama141
192 Micronesia135
392 Barbados131
22,016 Netherlands116
3,905 Liberia103
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
921 Solomon Islands92
19,103 Belgium87
5,627 Portugal85
10,519 Switzerland84
294 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines83
13,107 Zambia79
29,774 Uganda73
1,344 Costa Rica72
117,778 Indonesia72
11,714 Croatia66
275 Antigua and Barbuda62
54,450 Iran59
7,636 Botswana55
12,846 Norway55
12,605 Sweden54
10,139 Denmark52
361 United States Virgin Islands52
261 Guernsey51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
1,548 China47
77,702 Italy46
391 Isle of Man42
396 Jersey42
1,208 Belize41
33,450 Pakistan34
10,858 Ecuador32
7,602 Mauritius32
516 Grenada31
13,630 Iraq31
3,036 Hong Kong30
14,967 Kuwait29
54,524 Greece27
3,211 Guyana26
45,825 Kazakhstan26
40,412 Belarus24
10,794 Estonia23
11,497 Ghana22
397 Cayman Islands21
8,044 Taiwan20
515 Bermuda19
42,320 Japan19
23,275 United Arab Emirates19
46,251 Austria18
3,086 French Polynesia18
784 Seychelles18
43,115 Slovakia18
17,235 Latvia17
48,100 Egypt16
3,526 Honduras16
4,719 New Caledonia16
3,970 Oman16
101 Anguilla13
40,181 Hungary13
18,211 Singapore13
5,786 Sudan12
1,167 Andorra11
25,919 Bulgaria11
30,478 Finland11
2,447 Iceland11
839 South Korea11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
30,726 Qatar9
26,061 Serbia9
3,029 Guam8
1,601 Saint Lucia8
23,122 Afghanistan7
24,019 Malawi7
4,655 Nicaragua7
146,768 Poland7
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 4 years old child Patrick Oliver who was residing in Ireland migrated to Pennsylvania on May 14, 1846 by Arabella put out from Liverpool. Workman Joseph Oliver, Mary Oliver (45), Mary Oliver (13), Joseph Oliver, aged 8, U Oliver, aged 35, Weaver John Oliver, Eliza Oliver, aged 40, Harnetty Oliver, Margt. Oliver, aged 5, Simon Oliver (41) Mason, Mrs Oliver, aged 34, 14 years old Elizabeth Oliver, and 107 other Oliver around 34.78% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and tailoress, farmer, spinster, clerk, gardner/grower, shoemaker migrated to US from Liverpool, St. Croix and Dublin.

From Germany

48 years old merchant C.R. Oliver who was residing in France migrated to New York on July 1, 1850 by Connecticut put out from Havre. 40 years old Susan Oliver, 26 years old Francois Oliver, Merchant Basrie Oliver, 25 years old Isaac Oliver, 28 years old U Oliver, Edmond Oliver (17) Laborer, 65 years old G.F.L. Oliver, Jean-F. Oliver, aged 50, and 23 other Oliver majority of whom were farmer and others worked as laborer and miner migrated to US from Havre, Hamburg, Bremen & Havre, Hamburg & Havre and Liverpool & Queenstown.

Oliver Namesakes

  • Paul Ambrose Oliver, American explosives inventor
  • Daniel Oliver, English botanist
  • Isaac Oliver, French-born English portrait miniature painter
  • Vaughan Oliver, British graphic designer based in Epsom
  • Walter Oliver, Australian-born New Zealand naturalist
  • Raymond Oliver, was chef and owner of Le Grand Véfour restaurant
  • Laureen Oliver, US politician
  • Meg Oliver, award winning Network Television Correspondent and Anchor
  • Roland Oliver, Indian-born English academic and Emeritus Professor of African history at the University of London
  • Francis Wall Oliver, English botanist
  • Douglas Oliver, poet, novelist, editor, and educator
  • Gillian Oliver, expert in cancer nursing and palliative care and has been instrumental
  • S. Addison Oliver, American pioneer, lawyer, judge
  • Beryl Oliver, British charity administrator as well as the British Red Cross Society's Director of Education
  • Daniel C. Oliver, American politician from New York
  • Frank A. Oliver, U.S. Representative from New York
  • Terry Oliver, Australian cricket coach
  • William J. Oliver, police informer and supposed 'agent provocateur' at a time of social unrest
  • V. P. Oliver, actor most notably recognized
  • Clare Oliver, Australian woman whose own health crisis prompted her to become an activist
  • Marilene Oliver, British printmaker and sculptor
  • Martha Cranmer Oliver, English actress and theatre manager
  • Bernard M. Oliver, scientist
  • Clarence Paul Oliver, American geneticist
  • King Oliver, American jazz cornet player and bandleader
  • Robert Don Oliver, Royal Navy officer
  • William Bacon Oliver, Congressman from Alabama
  • Jamie Oliver, British chef and restaurateur
  • Farquhar Oliver, politician in Ontario, Canada
  • Juan García Oliver, Spanish anarcho-syndicalist revolutionary and Minister of Justice of the Second Spanish Republic
  • Barret Oliver, American photographer and former child actor
  • Gene Oliver, American professional baseball player
  • Revilo P. Oliver, American professor of Classical philology, Spanish
  • Al Oliver, Albert Oliver Jr
  • Edna May Oliver, American stage and film actress
  • Andrew Oliver, merchant and public official
  • Sy Oliver, American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer
  • Jackie Oliver, British former Formula One driver and team-owner
  • Vic Oliver, Austrian-born British actor and radio comedian
  • Reeve Oliver, American pop rock band formed in 2000 in San Diego
  • Donald Oliver, Canadian lawyer, developer and politician
  • Damien Oliver, Australian thoroughbred racing jockey
  • Tom Oliver, retired English-born actor
  • Mary Oliver, American poet
  • Susan Oliver, American actress, television director and aviator
  • Jack Edward Oliver, British cartoonist
  • Nancy Oliver, American playwright and screenwriter
  • Miquita Oliver, British television presenter and radio personality
  • Chad Oliver, American anthropologist and science fiction and Western writer
  • Ruth Law Oliver, pioneer American aviatrix during the 1910s
  • Nicole Oliver, Canadian actress and singer
  • Dale Oliver, American music composer, guitarist and producer

Oliver Namesakes

  • Paul Ambrose Oliver, American explosives inventor
  • Daniel Oliver, English botanist
  • Isaac Oliver, French-born English portrait miniature painter
  • Vaughan Oliver, British graphic designer based in Epsom
  • Walter Oliver, Australian-born New Zealand naturalist
  • Raymond Oliver, was chef and owner of Le Grand Véfour restaurant
  • Laureen Oliver, US politician
  • Meg Oliver, award winning Network Television Correspondent and Anchor
  • Roland Oliver, Indian-born English academic and Emeritus Professor of African history at the University of London
  • Francis Wall Oliver, English botanist
  • Douglas Oliver, poet, novelist, editor, and educator
  • Gillian Oliver, expert in cancer nursing and palliative care and has been instrumental
  • S. Addison Oliver, American pioneer, lawyer, judge
  • Beryl Oliver, British charity administrator as well as the British Red Cross Society's Director of Education
  • Daniel C. Oliver, American politician from New York
  • Frank A. Oliver, U.S. Representative from New York
  • Terry Oliver, Australian cricket coach
  • William J. Oliver, police informer and supposed 'agent provocateur' at a time of social unrest
  • V. P. Oliver, actor most notably recognized
  • Clare Oliver, Australian woman whose own health crisis prompted her to become an activist
  • Marilene Oliver, British printmaker and sculptor
  • Martha Cranmer Oliver, English actress and theatre manager
  • Bernard M. Oliver, scientist
  • Clarence Paul Oliver, American geneticist
  • King Oliver, American jazz cornet player and bandleader
  • Robert Don Oliver, Royal Navy officer
  • William Bacon Oliver, Congressman from Alabama
  • Jamie Oliver, British chef and restaurateur
  • Farquhar Oliver, politician in Ontario, Canada
  • Juan García Oliver, Spanish anarcho-syndicalist revolutionary and Minister of Justice of the Second Spanish Republic
  • Barret Oliver, American photographer and former child actor
  • Gene Oliver, American professional baseball player
  • Revilo P. Oliver, American professor of Classical philology, Spanish
  • Al Oliver, Albert Oliver Jr
  • Edna May Oliver, American stage and film actress
  • Andrew Oliver, merchant and public official
  • Sy Oliver, American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer
  • Jackie Oliver, British former Formula One driver and team-owner
  • Vic Oliver, Austrian-born British actor and radio comedian
  • Reeve Oliver, American pop rock band formed in 2000 in San Diego
  • Donald Oliver, Canadian lawyer, developer and politician
  • Damien Oliver, Australian thoroughbred racing jockey
  • Tom Oliver, retired English-born actor
  • Mary Oliver, American poet
  • Susan Oliver, American actress, television director and aviator
  • Jack Edward Oliver, British cartoonist
  • Nancy Oliver, American playwright and screenwriter
  • Miquita Oliver, British television presenter and radio personality
  • Chad Oliver, American anthropologist and science fiction and Western writer
  • Ruth Law Oliver, pioneer American aviatrix during the 1910s
  • Nicole Oliver, Canadian actress and singer
  • Dale Oliver, American music composer, guitarist and producer

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