Ordain Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Ordain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Costa Rica | 14 | 1:341,434 | 3,425 |
| Saint Lucia | 3 | 1:59,594 | 2,472 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ordain (41) may also be a first name.
Ordain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ordain Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ordain is found most in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ordain? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ordain is the 3,274,477th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Ordain reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ordain is also the 1,590,275th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 41 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria Ordain is mostly found in: Cross River, where 69 percent live, Rivers, where 19 percent live and Bayelsa, where 6 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Costa Rica, where 39 percent live and Saint Lucia, where 8 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 Ordain
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