Orchia Surname

2,061,309th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 83 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Israel

Orchia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orchia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria731:2,426,61380,686
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003

Orchia (42) may also be a first name.

Orchia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orchia is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orchia? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,061,309th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Orchia reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most numerous given name throughout the world, held by 42 people.

This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 2,426,613. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 85 percent are found, Rivers, where 7 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 10 percent are found and The Philippines, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Horchia924/
Uorchia923/
Ortchia921/
Orcchia921/
Ourchia921/
Orhia911/
Archia8338/
Urchia8311/
Erchia832/
Orchea831/
Orshia831/
Oerchaiya802/
Archija7748/
Herchia7733/
Archias7730/
Ourkhia7720/
Gorshia7712/
Garchia777/
Orhiahe771/
Archiea771/
Gorkhia771/
Gurchia771/
Gortchiayi751/
Urhia73128/
Arhia7372/
Orzia7326/
Orsia7320/
Orjia7313/
Orhio7310/
Orkia738/
Orhea732/
Orcea732/
D'Erchia71406/
Archaiya716/
Gartchia712/
Orshio673,236/
Orquia672,280/
Arshia671,609/
Ourkia67507/
Gorsia67437/
Horsia6781/
Horcea6769/
Arcija6719/
Orjias6718/
Orsiah6717/
Archea6716/
Archya6712/
Orjija675/
Horşia674/
Archio674/
Orciho672/
Arhias672/
Osrhio671/
Atrhia671/
Orhyah671/
Harhia671/
Arkhia671/
Urhiah671/
Arscia671/
Orjiah670/

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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 Orchia
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