Orestein Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uruguay
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Orestein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orestein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uruguay161:214,48516,699
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Orestein Last Name Facts

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

The last name Orestein occurs most in Uruguay. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orestein? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,206,983rd most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Orestein is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Orestein live; 95 percent live in South America and 77 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.

The last name is most widespread in Uruguay, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 214,485. In Uruguay it is primarily found in: Cerro Largo Department, where 100 percent live. Excluding Uruguay this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 18 percent live and Argentina, where 5 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
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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 Orestein
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