Orfany Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Orfany Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orfany Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine121:3,793,558197,857
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Orfany (319) may also be a first name.

Orfany Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orfany is found most in Ukraine. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Orfany? popularity and diffusion

The last name Orfany is the 5,057,639th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of Orfany live; 80 percent live in Eastern Europe and 80 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 491,536th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 319 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Ukraine, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 3,793,558. In Ukraine it is primarily concentrated in: Kiev, where 100 percent reside. Barring Ukraine this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orfanyi9239/
Orfanoy921/
Orfani8392/
Arfany8351/
Orfane8310/
Harfany776/
Orfanis773/
Gorfane772/
Horfani771/
Orffony771/
Arfahny771/
Arfanny771/
Orfeani771/
Orfaner771/
Orfanio771/
Garfany770/
Hourfane71469/
D'Orfani714/
Gorfaine713/
Arfani671,771/
Arfane67575/
Arfana67188/
Urfani6727/
Arfanh6711/
Urfana6710/

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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 Orfany
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