Olander

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈɑɫəndɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Olander is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Swedish Ölander, a habitational surname for someone from the island of Öland.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 135K(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 4.6K
  • FIFinland1 in 5.1K

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)

2,462 people, 2010

Sources
277 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 4.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from Swedish Ölander, a habitational surname for someone from the island of Öland.

Sources 2

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Olander 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.

Where Olander is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States2,4621 in 135K2.5KOlander277
SE Sweden2,2411 in 4.6K2.2KOlander43
FI Finland1,0931 in 5.1K1.1KOlander9
GB United Kingdom≈320 est.≈1 in 204K30Olander36
CA Canada≈250 est.≈1 in 154K—Olander23
DK Denmark2351 in 25K235—1
NO Norway1001 in 55K656—3
EE Estonia≈18 est.≈1 in 67K9—4

2,462 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; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Olander is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Finnish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States, Finland, Estonia

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Ölander

  • Swedish surname9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States, Denmark, Finland

    Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

    Also written Ölander

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Ölander

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Sweden, Finland

    Also written Ölander

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Sweden

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Ölander

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Sweden, Morocco

    Also written Ölander

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Valborg Olander, b. 1861Mamie Van Doren, b. 1931Ronny Olander, b. 1949Cliff Olander, b. 1955Mikael Olander, b. 1963Christian Olander, b. 1972Thomas Olander, b. 1974Maaren Olander, b. 1975Marcus Falk-Olander, b. 1987Jeremy Olander, b. 1987

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Olander,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 31 sources across 17 countries.

Official registers attesting Olander
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020102.5K#12,576
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—2.2K#465
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020002.2K#12,667
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020202.1K#13,717
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—1.1K#1,760
FI FinlandDVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register)—446—
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—235#2,090
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—100#15,290
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)200230#70,023
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—9#11,900
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—6#15,000
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Olander mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Swedish Ölander, a habitational surname for someone from the island of Öland. Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
How do you pronounce Olander?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɑɫəndɝ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Olander have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 2.5 thousand people named Olander, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled olander.
Where is Olander most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Olander is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 4.6 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Olander?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,462 people named Olander in 2010, about 1 in 135 thousand residents.

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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, “Olander”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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