Orbem Surname

1,058,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 236 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Orbem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orbem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil1841:1,163,44740,409
Nigeria391:4,542,122122,724
France101:6,642,272293,169
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Orbem (68) may also be a first name.

Orbem Last Name Facts

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

The last name Orbem is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Orbem? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,058,336th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 30,879,432 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Orbem reside; 78 percent reside in South America and 78 percent reside in Luso-South America. Orbem is also the 1,181,159th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 68 people.

The last name Orbem is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 184 people, or 1 in 1,163,447. In Brazil Orbem is most frequent in: Santa Catarina, where 49 percent are found, Paraná, where 30 percent are found and Rondônia, where 9 percent are found. Not including Brazil it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 17 percent are found and France, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Horbem911/
Orben801,343/
Arbem8039/
Erbem8016/
Orwem801/
Orvem800/
Orbien73148/
Orrben7329/
Orbaen7323/
Orveem7320/
Horben7319/
Orbeen7313/
Gorben733/
Orueme732/
Orbimn732/
Orbend732/
Erbeim731/
Arbeim731/
Gorbim731/
Herbem731/
Orbn673/
Oerbaim671/
Orbeeng671/
Horboen670/

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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 Orbem
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