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 occurs most in Northern Ireland. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name O'Rien? popularity and diffusion
O'Rien is the 4,908,606th most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname O'Rien is predominantly found in Europe, where 81 percent of O'Rien live; 81 percent live in Northern Europe and 81 percent live in British Isles.
The last name is most commonly held in Northern Ireland, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 141,926. In Northern Ireland O'Rien is mostly concentrated in: Ulster, where 100 percent live. Excluding Northern Ireland this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent live and South Africa, where 6 percent live.
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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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