Orfao Surname

420,074th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 826 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Aruba

Orfao Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orfao Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil2641:810,88829,394
Portugal2451:42,5232,481
France1021:651,20384,246
United States701:5,177,985261,849
South Africa441:1,231,31169,478
Canada411:898,67368,969
Venezuela201:1,510,20420,059
Uruguay101:343,17622,254
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
England51:11,143,612252,590
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Macau11:601,6301,582
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

The alternate forms: Orfaó (1) are calculated separately.

Orfao (49) may also be a first name.

Orfao Last Name Facts

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

The last name Orfao is found most in Brazil. It may appear as a variant: Orfaó. For other potential spellings of Orfao click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orfao? popularity and diffusion

The surname Orfao is the 420,074th most common family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 8,822,695 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Orfao live; 36 percent live in South America and 32 percent live in Luso-South America. Orfao is also the 1,430,306th most frequent forename worldwide It is held by 49 people.

Orfao is most widely held in Brazil, where it is borne by 264 people, or 1 in 810,888. In Brazil Orfao is mostly concentrated in: São Paulo, where 52 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 20 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 15 percent live. Excluding Brazil Orfao is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 30 percent live and France, where 12 percent live.

Orfao Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Orfao surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

The amount Orfao earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 99.73% more than the national average, earning R 474,636 per year; in United States they earn 0.34% more than the national average, earning $43,297 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.3% more than the national average, earning $50,824 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orfaó931/
Orfaos9137/
Orfhao914/
Arfao800/
Orphao73131/
Erfaoi731/
Arfaou731/
Arfaouz671/
Arfaout671/
Garfahou621/
Arfeaa551/
Orphâo551/
Arphao551/
Arfaiya5016/

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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 Orfao
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