Origin Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Origin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Origin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria581:3,054,18594,504
Philippines171:5,955,190180,670
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Origin (372) may also be a first name.

Origin Last Name Facts

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

Origin (Russian: Оригин) is found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Origin? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,047,559th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Origin live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 450,135th most common first name in the world It is held by 372 people.

The surname Origin is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 3,054,185. In Nigeria Origin is most frequent in: Adamawa, where 93 percent live, Lagos, where 5 percent live and Rivers, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 20 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oroigin929/
Gorigin923/
Origien921/
Horigin921/
Orign919/
Hourigin860/
Origen83408/
Erigin8358/
Oricin839/
Origim835/
Origne834/
Oregin832/
Orighn831/
Orisin831/
Arigin831/
Origuen77895/
Ariguin77382/
Horigen7751/
Origaen7739/
Garigin7731/
Orichin778/
Gorygin777/
Harigin774/
Arrigin772/
Atrigin771/
Orising771/
Orrisin771/
Horijin771/
Oreisin771/
Orisien771/
Gorizin771/
Horizin771/
Horegin770/
Horrign770/
Orugn733/
Orjgn731/
Orisn731/
Harrigin7175/
Gorikhin7159/
Arriguin7119/
Horijein714/
Orikhina712/
Horising711/
Origenne711/
Houregin710/
Horrigen710/
O'Reagin710/
O'Rising710/
Erygin671,038/
Eregin67219/
Arisin67117/
Üregin6771/
Gorikhina6755/
Aricin6748/
Erugin6736/
Erigen6732/
Origem6729/
Orishchin6726/
Oregen6725/
Arizin6724/
Aregin6719/
Orizen6712/
Arygin677/
Oreegn674/
Oricen672/
Urigen672/
Arigen672/
Uregin671/
Oresin671/
Arijin671/
Orygen671/
Orecin671/
Urygin671/
Oregne671/
O'Raighne671/
Arigne671/
Arikgn671/
Arigim671/

Origin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Origin in the Russian language
Оригинorigin-

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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 Origin
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