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Olen Name Meaning
Dutch: patronymic from Oele, Oole, a short form
of any of the Germanic compound names with the first element
odal ‘wealth’, e.g. Odelbert (with second element
berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’).Swedish (Olén,
Ölén): probably an ornamental name; etymology
unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Olen
Name Distribution of Olen Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Olen families
 16 - 29  6 - 15 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Olen families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Olen census records
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Olen Family Origin
Olen Immigration Information
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Olen Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Olen census records
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| Death of Mr. George Oliver Olen in China | | davwayell | 0 |
| Olen/Arvidson | | margawolf | 0 |
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