Octor Surname
Approximately 181 people bear this surname
Octor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 175 | 1:379,558 | 56,305 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Octor (31) may also be a first name.
Octor Demographics
Octor Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Octor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Octor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Octor is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Octor? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,267,784th most numerous surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 40,262,685 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Octor reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Octor is also the 1,874,099th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 31 people.
The last name is most widely held in France, where it is held by 175 people, or 1 in 379,558. In France it is mostly found in: Hauts-de-France, where 35 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 20 percent reside and Pays de la Loire, where 19 percent reside. Other than France this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
Octor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Octor has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Octor last name rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Octor Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Octor last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoctor | 91 | 1,051 | / |
| Octoer | 91 | 1 | / |
| Hoctoer | 83 | 1 | / |
| Octhorp | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hoector | 83 | 0 | / |
| Hocktor | 83 | 0 | / |
| Actor | 80 | 508 | / |
| Oktor | 80 | 77 | / |
| Octar | 80 | 26 | / |
| Octur | 80 | 1 | / |
| Achtor | 73 | 23 | / |
| Auctor | 73 | 21 | / |
| Hactor | 73 | 14 | / |
| Octard | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gactor | 73 | 2 | / |
| Acktor | 73 | 2 | / |
| Octare | 73 | 1 | / |
| Acthor | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uictor | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aactor | 73 | 1 | / |
| Actore | 73 | 1 | / |
| Octurt | 73 | 0 | / |
| Auchtor | 67 | 37 | / |
| Aucktor | 67 | 26 | / |
| Ouchtar | 67 | 18 | / |
| Hucthor | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hougtor | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hochtur | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Octor
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