Oraščanin Surname

489,550th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 677 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Oraščanin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oraščanin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina4831:7,3221,491
Slovenia1301:19,1364,350
Croatia411:103,13716,264
Serbia221:324,77015,940
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Orašćanin (174) & Orascanin (72) are calculated separately.

Oraščanin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oraščanin is held by more people in Bosnia and Herzegovina than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Orašćanin or Orascanin. For other possible spellings of Oraščanin click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oraščanin? popularity and diffusion

The surname Oraščanin is the 489,550th most prevalent surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 10,764,470 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Oraščanin reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is carried by 483 people, or 1 in 7,322. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Oraščanin is primarily found in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 95 percent reside and Republika Srpska, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Bosnia and Herzegovina it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Slovenia, where 19 percent reside and Croatia, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orašćanin96174/
Oračanin9414/
Orascanin9372/
Oreščanin89853/
Oroščanin899/
Orešćanin7844/
Garačanin783/
Orašćanim781/
Gorodchanin6018/
Arazanen5931/
Gorodchanina5725/
Horozhanyn5344/
Horodchanyn5088/

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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
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  • 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 Oraščanin
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