Oriental Surname

329,447th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Haiti

Oriental Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oriental Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran8641:88,8698,946
Haiti1881:56,8293,296
Nigeria271:6,560,843154,927
Argentina241:1,780,97692,783
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Oriental (176) may also be a first name.

Oriental Last Name Facts

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

Oriental (Russian: Ориенталь) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oriental? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 329,447th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 6,477,819 people. Oriental is primarily found in Asia, where 77 percent of Oriental reside; 77 percent reside in South Asia and 77 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 687,834th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 176 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Iran, where it is borne by 864 people, or 1 in 88,869. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: East Azerbaijan Province, where 33 percent live, Tehran Province, where 17 percent live and Gilan Province, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Iran it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Haiti, where 17 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.

Oriental Last Name Statistics demography

Oriental earn a lot less than the average income. In Canada they earn 38.5% less than the national average, earning $30,555 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Oriental Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Oriental in the Russian language
Ориентальoriental-

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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 Oriental
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