Orfe Surname

635,252nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 480 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orfe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orfe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2501:1,449,83699,395
Nigeria2211:801,55135,769
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

The alternate forms: Orfé (1) & Orfè (1) are calculated separately.

Orfe (152) may also be a first name.

Orfe Last Name Facts

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

Orfe has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant: Orfé or Orfè. For other possible spellings of Orfe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orfe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Orfe is the 635,252nd most common family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 15,182,387 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Orfe live; 52 percent live in North America and 52 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 746,252nd most widely held first name world-wide, held by 152 people.

The last name Orfe is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 250 people, or 1 in 1,449,836. In The United States it is most frequent in: New Jersey, where 35 percent live, Pennsylvania, where 19 percent live and Nevada, where 6 percent live. Outside of The United States Orfe occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 46 percent live and Cuba, where 1 percent live.

Orfe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Orfe has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Orfe surname increased 2,778 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Orfe Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Orfe surname are 23.74% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 70.51% being registered with the political party.

Orfe earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.13% more than the national average, earning $45,794 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orfé921/
Orfè921/
Gorfe894,523/
Orfei89809/
Orfey8928/
Orfer8917/
Orfeu898/
Orfie895/
Orfee892/
Orfej892/
Orfed891/
Horfe891/
Orfea891/
Orfge891/
Orfhe891/
Orf862,443/
Orffer80244/
Hourfe809/
Orfeas803/
Horfer802/
Orfehe801/
Gorfeh801/
Ourfee800/
Orfeet800/
Erfe752,544/
Orfi751,215/
Orfy75464/
Arfe75369/
Orff75353/
Oorf75236/
Orfa75217/
Horf75170/
Gorf75119/
Urfe7514/
Orft753/
Orfh752/
Orfí751/
Oirf751/
Ourf751/
Orwf751/
Orfj751/
Orhf751/
Orrf751/
Ohrf751/
Horfesh731/
Orfeich731/
Horffer730/
Urfer671,574/
Orphe67283/
Arfet67128/
Arfee6790/
Urfey6788/
Gorff6769/
Garfe6766/
Arfer6724/
Urfie6718/
Arfes6718/
Gorfi6717/
Arpfe6717/
Arfie6716/
Arfeh6713/
Urfei6712/
Gorfy679/
Harfe678/
Erfey674/
Ourfi674/
Oorfi673/
Orfiz673/
Orfit672/
Urfet672/
Arfeu672/
Arfei672/
Erfie671/
Urfeu671/
Aerfe671/
Aurfe671/
Orfio671/
Osrfs671/
Gorhf671/
Horfi671/
Orffi671/
Arfej671/
Arfez671/
Erfee671/
Gourf671/
Herfe671/
Erfei671/
Arffe671/
Ourfa671/
Aarfe671/
Arfey671/
Asrfe671/
Urfed671/
Orfis671/
Urfee671/
Horfa671/
Orfha671/
Horff670/
Gorpf670/
Horft670/

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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 Orfe
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