Orcas Surname
Approximately 311 people bear this surname
Orcas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 291 | 1:347,898 | 46,906 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Orcas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orcas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Orcas is more commonly found in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Orcas click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orcas? popularity and diffusion
The surname Orcas is the 870,423rd most widely held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 23,432,624 people. The last name Orcas is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Orcas are found; 94 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 94 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The last name is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is borne by 291 people, or 1 in 347,898. In The Philippines it is most common in: Ilocos, where 37 percent live, Cagayan Valley, where 27 percent live and Calabarzon, where 15 percent live. Excluding The Philippines this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 3 percent live and Argentina, where 2 percent live.
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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 Orcas
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