Oram Surname
Approximately 92,208 people bear this surname
Oram Surname Definition:
(English) Dweller at the Enclosure on the River-Bank [Old English óra, a bank, shore + ham(m, a piece of land, enclosure] Owram, Yorks, is Oure in Domesday Book. An Orhcœm occurs in a 10th-cent. Berkshire charter.
Oram Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 82,395 | 1:9,310 | 777 |
| England | 3,865 | 1:14,416 | 2,125 |
| United States | 2,398 | 1:151,151 | 15,537 |
| Canada | 1,204 | 1:30,603 | 3,998 |
| Australia | 727 | 1:37,133 | 4,873 |
| New Zealand | 338 | 1:13,397 | 2,320 |
| Wales | 301 | 1:10,281 | 1,139 |
| Scotland | 155 | 1:34,541 | 3,395 |
| Turkey | 122 | 1:637,881 | 33,648 |
| Hong Kong | 70 | 1:104,793 | 1,905 |
| South Africa | 69 | 1:785,184 | 53,751 |
| Jamaica | 66 | 1:43,484 | 2,689 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Philippines | 57 | 1:1,776,109 | 113,042 |
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| Germany | 29 | 1:2,776,050 | 134,833 |
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Poland | 20 | 1:1,900,437 | 96,203 |
| Lebanon | 19 | 1:296,689 | 10,035 |
| Isle of Man | 18 | 1:4,768 | 1,008 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Czechia | 8 | 1:1,329,184 | 91,312 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 7 | 1:15,768 | 2,111 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 19 | 1:233,151 | 10,389 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 426 | 1:117,884 | 11,557 |
Oram (529) may also be a first name.
Oram Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) Dweller at the Enclosure on the River-Bank [Old English óra, a bank, shore + ham(m, a piece of land, enclosure] Owram, Yorks, is Oure in Domesday Book. An Orhcœm occurs in a 10th-cent. Berkshire charter.
Mr. Ferguson derives it from an old German word signifying weak, but it is more probably local. A family of De Horeham in the XIV. century took their name from an estate so called at Waldron, co. Sussex. Owram in Halifax, co. York, may possibly be the source.
From Owram; a location name in Yorkshire.
Oram Demographics
Average Male Oram Height
176.17 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Oram Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oram Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oram (Hindi: ओराम, Marathi: ओरम, Oriya: ଓରାମ, Russian: Орам) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oram? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oram is the 6,140th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 79,034 people. Oram is mostly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Oram are found; 89 percent are found in South Asia and 89 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 366,789th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 529 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 82,395 people, or 1 in 9,310. In India Oram is most numerous in: Odisha, where 99 percent are found, Telangana, where 0 percent are found and West Bengal, where 0 percent are found. Excluding India this surname occurs in 66 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Oram Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Oram has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Oram surname grew 563 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 95 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Oram Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Oram last name is primarily Anglican (79%) in Ireland and Syriac Orthodox (88%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Oram are 14.3% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.07% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Oram earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 165.34% more than the national average, earning 918,283 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 20.89% more than the national average, earning R 287,280 per year; in United States they earn 8.75% more than the national average, earning $46,924 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.23% less than the national average, earning $46,590 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oram Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oram in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓରାମ | orama | 97.44 |
| ଓରାମ୍ | oram | 0.36 |
| ଓରାମା | orama | 0.06 |
| ଓରମ | orama | 0.04 |
| ଉରାମ | urama | 0.02 |
| ସମା | sama | 0.01 |
| ସାମ | sama | 0.01 |
| େସାମା | esama | 0 |
| ଆଲାମ | alama | 0 |
| ରଣା | rana | 0 |
| ଆରତି | arati | 0 |
| ରାଏ | ra'e | 0 |
| ରାନି | rani | 0 |
| େଯମା | eyama | 0 |
| ଚାମା | cama | 0 |
| ରବି | rabi | 0 |
| େହମ | ehama | 0 |
| ଅରାମ | arama | 0 |
| ଏରନ | erana | 0 |
| ଓରମା | orama | 0 |
| ରାମ | rama | 0 |
| ୋରାମ | orama | 0 |
| ଓରାଂ | oram | 0 |
| Oram in the Marathi language | ||
| ओरम | orama | 68.97 |
| फ़ोरम | forama | 17.82 |
| ओराम | orama | 12.07 |
| ऑरम | orama | 1.15 |
| Oram in the Hindi language | ||
| ओराम | orama | 50 |
| ओरम | orama | 43.75 |
| ओ्रम | orama | 6.25 |
| Oram in the Russian language | ||
| Орам | oram | - |
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