Oreguela Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Colombia
Highest density in:
Colombia

Oreguela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oreguela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Colombia661:723,8508,109
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
England11:55,718,059489,080
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Oreguela Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oreguela is borne by more people in Colombia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oreguela? popularity and diffusion

Oreguela is the 2,185,341st most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Oreguela live; 96 percent live in South America and 89 percent live in Caribbean South America.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Colombia, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 723,850. In Colombia Oreguela is most prevalent in: Chocó Department, where 74 percent live, Capital District, where 12 percent live and Nariño Department, where 11 percent live. Barring Colombia this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Peru, where 4 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Oreguela Last Name Statistics demography

Oreguela earn significantly less than the average income. In Colombia they earn 27.59% less than the national average, earning $16,439,000 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oregela9320/
Origuela88901/
Oreguila883/
Orequela882/
Horiguela8242/
Arreguela8219/
Orecuelas829/
Origuelia822/
Origuelha821/
Ouriguela821/
Origuhela821/
Origela80128/
Aregela80125/
Oregila8022/
Aaregela756/
Ariguela755/
Oriquela754/
Ariegela753/
Orighela751/
Areigela751/
Areegela751/
Gorigela751/
Arriguela71222/
Arreguila714/
Aareygela711/
Arigela6711,946/
Origila675/
Aregila674/

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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 Oreguela
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