Orešan Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Orešan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orešan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia221:192,20923,417
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

The alternate forms: Oresan (40) are calculated separately.

Orešan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orešan (Oriya: ଓେରସନ) is more commonly found in Croatia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Oresan. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orešan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,034,050th most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Orešan are found; 96 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

This last name is most prevalent in Croatia, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 192,209. In Croatia Orešan is mostly found in: Zagreb County, where 64 percent reside, City of Zagreb, where 23 percent reside and Osijek-Baranja County, where 14 percent reside. Beside Croatia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Serbia, where 4 percent reside and Slovakia, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oresan9440/
Orezan831/
Orešanová806/
Horezan7765/
Oreshan7732/
Orechan7726/
Oresand773/
Goresan771/
Oressan771/
Oreisan771/
Oreichan71197/
Horechan7125/
Oreïchan718/
Oretchan713/
Goricean712/
Oreîchan712/
Gouresan711/
Gorisean711/
Orăşan6763/
Orisan6739/
Orysen6720/
Oreson6719/
Aresan6713/
Orizen6712/
Oreitchan6710/
Arezan674/
Oricen672/
Orizan672/
Oresam672/
Ourechane671/
Areşan671/
Oreîtchan671/
Goreisanh671/
Orezon671/
Oresen670/

Orešan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Orešan in the Oriya language
ଓେରସନoerasana-

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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 Orešan
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