Lorca Surname
Approximately 24,303 people bear this surname
Lorca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 10,337 | 1:1,704 | 334 |
| Spain | 5,439 | 1:8,596 | 1,024 |
| Philippines | 3,282 | 1:30,847 | 4,479 |
| Argentina | 2,083 | 1:20,520 | 1,737 |
| Venezuela | 1,147 | 1:26,333 | 1,710 |
| France | 515 | 1:128,976 | 19,668 |
| Brazil | 505 | 1:423,910 | 16,105 |
| Mexico | 330 | 1:376,140 | 7,660 |
| United States | 302 | 1:1,200,195 | 85,425 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Switzerland | 34 | 1:241,556 | 20,206 |
| Canada | 32 | 1:1,151,425 | 83,867 |
| Ecuador | 28 | 1:568,066 | 11,415 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Australia | 26 | 1:1,038,296 | 59,744 |
| Peru | 22 | 1:1,444,733 | 22,095 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Paraguay | 11 | 1:657,886 | 7,708 |
| Honduras | 10 | 1:881,644 | 4,379 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
The alternate forms: Lörca (1) are calculated separately.
Lorca (364) may also be a first name.
Lorca Demographics
Average Male Lorca Height
172.52 cm
Average Female Lorca Height
161.33 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Lorca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lorca Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lorca is carried by more people in Chile than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Lörca. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lorca? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 22,352nd most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 299,862 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 61 percent of Lorca are found; 58 percent are found in South America and 51 percent are found in Hispanic Southern America. Lorca is also the 456,229th most numerous first name on earth, held by 364 people.
Lorca is most prevalent in Chile, where it is carried by 10,337 people, or 1 in 1,704. In Chile Lorca is most numerous in: Santiago Metropolitan Region, where 53 percent reside, O'Higgins Region, where 16 percent reside and Valparaíso Region, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Chile this last name exists in 51 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 22 percent reside and The Philippines, where 14 percent reside.
Lorca Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Lorca last name are 10.41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 63.64% registered with the party.
The amount Lorca earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 16.38% more than the national average, earning S/. 22,561 per year; in United States they earn 20.07% more than the national average, earning $51,810 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.24% less than the national average, earning $49,065 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lorca
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