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 last name Octor is found in France more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Octor? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,267,784th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 40,262,685 people. The surname Octor is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Octor are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 97 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 31 people.
The last name is most frequently held in France, where it is held by 175 people, or 1 in 379,558. In France Octor is primarily found in: Hauts-de-France, where 35 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 20 percent are found and Pays de la Loire, where 19 percent are found. Excluding France this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
Octor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Octor has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Octor Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly 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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