Ordam Surname

503,100th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 653 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ordam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ordam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6481:273,36815,535
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Ordam (139) may also be a first name.

Ordam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ordam is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ordam? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 503,100th most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 11,160,101 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ordam live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ordam is also the 784,558th most commonly held given name on earth It is held by 139 people.

The last name Ordam is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 648 people, or 1 in 273,368. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 90 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 4 percent are found and Plateau, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 0 percent are found and Cambodia, where 0 percent are found.

Ordam Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ordame9175/
Gordam9117/
Hordam911/
Ordham911/
Gordham8325/
Hourdam831/
Ordan801,240/
Ardam801,239/
Erdam8069/
Ordom806/
Urdam802/
Gordan735,501/
Gardam731,321/
Ordean73687/
Hardam73404/
Hordan73211/
Ardham73206/
Đordan73177/
Herdam73162/
Ordain7336/
Gurdam7335/
Ourdan7333/
Gordom7332/
Aardam7331/
Ordane7323/
Ordoom7310/
Urdame739/
Ordome734/
Oordan732/
Ardame732/
Uordan732/
Ordhan731/
Gordań731/
Erdamm731/
Hordom731/
Erdeam731/
Erdham731/
Ordang731/
Ardaum730/
Ordand730/
Gordhan672,432/
Gardham67572/
Ourdane67353/
Hardham67203/
Gourdan67150/
Ordahan6749/
Gordean6715/
Hordane679/
Gordain676/
Hardaim675/
Hardamd673/
Hordean672/
Ardajmd671/
Aardham671/
Goirdan671/
Hardamn671/
Ordayne671/
Ordaine671/
Goordom671/
Hordeim671/

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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 Ordam
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