Orfey Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Germany

Orfey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orfey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia141:10,294,504334,277
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Orfey (89) may also be a first name.

Orfey Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orfey (Russian: Орфей) is found most in Russia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orfey? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,730,171st most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Orfey occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Orfey are found; 39 percent are found in Western Europe and 39 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Orfey is also the 1,011,231st most common first name in the world, held by 89 people.

The last name Orfey is most common in Russia, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 10,294,504. In Russia Orfey is primarily found in: Moscow, where 29 percent are found, Saint Petersburg, where 21 percent are found and Chelyabinsk Oblast, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Russia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 39 percent are found and Azerbaijan, where 4 percent are found.

Orfey Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Orfey last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 50% being registered with the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orfe89480/
Orfy89464/
Gorfe804,523/
Orfei80809/
Urfey8088/
Orfer8017/
Gorfy809/
Orfeu808/
Orfie805/
Erfey804/
Orfee802/
Orfej802/
Orfea801/
Orfhe801/
Arfey801/
Orfed801/
Horfe801/
Orfge801/
Orphey73260/
Orffer73244/
Gorfie7318/
Orfeus7313/
Hourfe739/
Garfey736/
Orfeas733/
Horfer732/
Orfehe731/
Orfeui731/
Ourfay731/
Orfeia731/
Hurfey731/
Gorfeh731/
Herfey731/
Ourfee730/
Orfeet730/
Gorfue730/
Orfeud730/
Erfe672,544/
Orfi671,215/
Arfe67369/
Orfa67217/
Harffey67119/
Arfy6754/
Urfe6714/
Urfy672/
Gorfaye671/
Orfeich671/
Horvfay671/
Gorfeie671/
Horfesh671/
Orfè671/
Orfé671/
Orfí671/
Orfj671/
Horffer670/

Orfey Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Orfey in the Russian language
Орфейorfej-

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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 Orfey
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