Octor Surname

1,267,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 181 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Octor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Octor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1751:379,55856,305
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Octor (31) may also be a first name.

Octor Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Octor Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Octor has its highest incidence in France. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Octor? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,267,784th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 40,262,685 people. The last name Octor occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Octor are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Octor is also the 1,874,099th most commonly occurring given name on earth It is held by 31 people.

The surname is most frequently held in France, where it is carried by 175 people, or 1 in 379,558. In France Octor is mostly concentrated in: Hauts-de-France, where 35 percent live, Île-de-France, where 20 percent live and Pays de la Loire, where 19 percent live. Not including France this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Octor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Octor has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Octor last name expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Octor Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hoctor911,051/
Octoer911/
Hoctoer831/
Octhorp831/
Hoector830/
Hocktor830/
Actor80508/
Oktor8077/
Octar8026/
Octur801/
Achtor7323/
Auctor7321/
Hactor7314/
Octard732/
Gactor732/
Acktor732/
Octare731/
Acthor731/
Uictor731/
Aactor731/
Actore731/
Octurt730/
Auchtor6737/
Aucktor6726/
Ouchtar6718/
Hucthor670/
Hougtor670/
Hochtur670/

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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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