Orenshaw Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Orenshaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orenshaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia471:574,37741,856
United States221:16,475,406557,260
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Orenshaw Last Name Facts

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

Orenshaw occurs most in Australia. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Orenshaw? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,273,756th most prevalent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 67 percent of Orenshaw are found; 67 percent are found in Australasia and 67 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

Orenshaw is most numerous in Australia, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 574,377. In Australia it is most numerous in: Queensland, where 28 percent live, Western Australia, where 19 percent live and New South Wales, where 17 percent live. Beside Australia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 31 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Orenshaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Orenshaw has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Orenshaw surname grew 275 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Orenshaw Last Name Statistics demography

Orenshaw earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.65% more than the national average, earning $43,862 USD per year.

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Orenshaw Reference & Research

Renshaw Project FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Orenshaw
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