Orekh Surname
Approximately 1,308 people bear this surname
Orekh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 859 | 1:167,780 | 19,077 |
| Belarus | 345 | 1:27,539 | 4,762 |
| Ukraine | 84 | 1:541,937 | 60,913 |
| Kazakhstan | 12 | 1:1,473,541 | 75,349 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
Orekh (88) may also be a first name.
Orekh Demographics
Orekh Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Orekh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orekh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Orekh (Russian: Орех) occurs in Russia more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Orekh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orekh? popularity and diffusion
The last name Orekh is the 292,296th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,571,518 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 80 percent of Orekh live; 80 percent live in Eastern Europe and 80 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Orekh is also the 1,017,994th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 88 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Russia, where it is borne by 859 people, or 1 in 167,780. In Russia Orekh is most numerous in: Moscow, where 17 percent live, Saint Petersburg, where 10 percent live and Moscow Oblast, where 6 percent live. Excluding Russia this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 26 percent live and Ukraine, where 6 percent live.
Orekh Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Orekh surname is primarily Orthodox (92%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus and Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Orekh surname are 4.45% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 51.22% being registered with the party.
Phonetically Similar Names
Orekh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Orekh in the Russian language | ||
| Орех | oreh | - |
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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 Orekh
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