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Oleson Ranking

In the United States, the name Oleson is the 8,263rd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


United States Oleson migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Oleson Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Eastern Oleson, who arrived in Minnesota in 1869 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Oleson (post 1700) +

  • Bradley Scott Oleson (b. 1983), American-born professional basketball player
  • Pete Oleson, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1960 3
  • Otto K. Oleson, American Republican politician, Postmaster at Los Angeles, California, 1954-63 (acting, 1954-55) 3
  • Otto Herman Oleson, American politician, Member of New Hampshire State House of Representatives; Member of New Hampshire State Senate 1st District 3
  • Ole Oleson Sr., American politician, Member of South Dakota State Senate 2nd District, 1895-96 3
  • M. R. Oleson, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1928 3
  • G. Oleson, American politician, Member of Minnesota State House of Representatives 14th District, 1867 3
  • Andrew R. Oleson, American politician, Member of Nebraska State Senate, 1901; Delegate to Nebraska State Constitutional Convention, 1919-20 3
  • Andrew H. Oleson, American Democratic Party politician, Member of South Dakota State House of Representatives, 1891-92, 1897-98; Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1912 3
  • Charlotte Oleson (b. 1932), Canadian politician in Manitoba
  • ... (Another 1 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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