Orboe Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Greenland

Orboe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orboe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Orboe Last Name Facts

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

Orboe is found most frequently in Denmark. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Orboe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Orboe is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Orboe is mostly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Orboe are found; 75 percent are found in Northern Europe and 75 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name is most widespread in Denmark, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 940,786. In Denmark Orboe is most frequent in: Capital Region of Denmark, where 83 percent reside and Region Zealand, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Denmark this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Greenland, where 13 percent reside and The Philippines, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gorboe914/
Horboe910/
Orrboes834/
Orbea802,445/
Orbee80320/
Orbie80262/
Orboi80189/
Arboe80175/
Orbey8064/
Orboy8052/
Erboe8012/
Orbei802/
Orbej802/
Orbue801/
Gorbea732,086/
Harboe731,480/
Orbeyi73751/
Horbei73450/
Gorbey73304/
Gorbei73176/
Errboe7389/
Arboes7348/
Horbey7335/
Arboez7324/
Garboe7319/
Gorboi7317/
Horbye7314/
Gorbee7314/
Orbaye7310/
Gorbej735/
Gorbie734/
Orbaez732/
Arboye732/
Horboy731/
Orbaoi731/
Orbeya731/
Gorvoe731/
Gorbou731/
Arboey731/
Oruoer731/
Arboue731/
Horboi731/
Orzbey730/
Orbu671,143/
Arbouet67219/
Arboyes6745/
Gourboy6744/
Arbowez679/
Haurboe678/
Orbeyie675/
Arbojes674/
Hourboy672/
Arbouez671/
Arboues671/
Gourbou671/
Ourvoie671/
Arbouhe671/
Arhboeh670/
Gourbey670/

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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 Orboe
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