Orfand Surname
Approximately 306 people bear this surname
Orfand Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 305 | 1:251,746 | 18,961 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Orfand Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orfand Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orfand occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orfand? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 881,213th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 23,815,510 people. The last name Orfand occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Orfand live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 100 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
The surname is most widespread in Iran, where it is held by 305 people, or 1 in 251,746. In Iran it is mostly found in: Kerman Province, where 88 percent live, Tehran Province, where 6 percent live and Mazandaran Province, where 5 percent live. Other than Iran this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The Philippines, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orfan | 91 | 171 | / |
| Gorfan | 83 | 48 | / |
| Arfand | 83 | 38 | / |
| Orfant | 83 | 21 | / |
| Orfang | 83 | 11 | / |
| Orfane | 83 | 10 | / |
| Horfan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gorfain | 77 | 102 | / |
| Gorfajn | 77 | 13 | / |
| Gorfayn | 77 | 4 | / |
| Herfand | 77 | 1 | / |
| Arfands | 77 | 1 | / |
| Horfayn | 77 | 1 | / |
| Arfan | 73 | 17,653 | / |
| Orfon | 73 | 7 | / |
| Hourfane | 71 | 469 | / |
| Orfanova | 71 | 73 | / |
| Gourfain | 71 | 5 | / |
| D'Orfond | 71 | 4 | / |
| Orphands | 71 | 1 | / |
| Orphan | 67 | 726 | / |
| Arfane | 67 | 575 | / |
| Aarfan | 67 | 226 | / |
| Harfan | 67 | 84 | / |
| Arfain | 67 | 67 | / |
| Arfahn | 67 | 57 | / |
| Arfaan | 67 | 35 | / |
| Arfhan | 67 | 20 | / |
| Arfanh | 67 | 11 | / |
| Aurfan | 67 | 7 | / |
| Garfan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Arfang | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gorfon | 67 | 2 | / |
| Arfean | 67 | 2 | / |
| Arrfan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arfant | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Orfand
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