O'Rien Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
O'Rien Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Ireland | 13 | 1:141,926 | 7,751 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
O'Rien Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name O'Rien Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname O'Rien is found in Northern Ireland more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name O'Rien? popularity and diffusion
The surname O'Rien is the 4,908,606th most frequent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 81 percent of O'Rien reside; 81 percent reside in Northern Europe and 81 percent reside in British Isles.
This surname is most widespread in Northern Ireland, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 141,926. In Northern Ireland O'Rien is primarily found in: Ulster, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Northern Ireland this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent are found and South Africa, where 6 percent are found.
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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 O'Rien
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