Orfelina Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Dominican Republic
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Orfelina Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orfelina Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Dominican Republic1081:96,6014,209
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Orfelina (20,992) may also be a first name.

Orfelina Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orfelina occurs in The Dominican Republic more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Orfelina click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orfelina? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,727,723rd most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. Orfelina occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Orfelina reside; 96 percent reside in Caribbean and 96 percent reside in Hispano-Caribbean. It is also the 36,484th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 20,992 people.

The last name is most common in The Dominican Republic, where it is held by 108 people, or 1 in 96,601. Aside from The Dominican Republic this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live and Colombia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orfelinova891/
Orfelien8810/
Orfelino881/
Orphelin75180/
Erfalina757/
Arfalina755/
Orfolino751/
Arfelino751/
Herfilina719/
Orphelien719/
Orphelino712/
Orfilim67122/
Orphilien59428/

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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 Orfelina
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