Oreč Surname
Approximately 482 people bear this surname
Oreč Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 283 | 1:12,496 | 2,440 |
| Croatia | 196 | 1:21,575 | 4,489 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Orec (1,117) & Oreć (1) are calculated separately.
Oreč Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oreč Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oreč is found most in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Orec or Oreć. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oreč? popularity and diffusion
It is the 633,196th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 15,119,390 people. The surname Oreč occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Oreč reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The last name is most frequently used in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is carried by 283 people, or 1 in 12,496. In Bosnia and Herzegovina Oreč is most frequent in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 100 percent reside and Republika Srpska, where 0 percent reside. Excluding Bosnia and Herzegovina Oreč is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 41 percent reside and Ireland, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Oreč
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