Orion Surname
Approximately 2,773 people bear this surname
Orion Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 939 | 1:107,815 | 18,737 |
| Bangladesh | 631 | 1:252,546 | 7,887 |
| France | 279 | 1:238,074 | 36,915 |
| United States | 279 | 1:1,299,136 | 91,043 |
| Uganda | 186 | 1:209,889 | 16,563 |
| India | 83 | 1:9,241,752 | 184,052 |
| Haiti | 58 | 1:184,205 | 7,235 |
| Brazil | 39 | 1:5,489,085 | 137,424 |
| Estonia | 35 | 1:37,766 | 7,217 |
| Israel | 28 | 1:305,630 | 26,425 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Australia | 14 | 1:1,928,264 | 88,951 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Mexico | 11 | 1:11,284,200 | 41,789 |
| Colombia | 9 | 1:5,308,230 | 18,838 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1:2,114,629 | 5,401 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 1:1,715,879 | 35,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 33 | 1:1,521,778 | 81,120 |
The alternate forms: Orión (2) & Órion (1) are calculated separately.
Orion (7,620) may also be a first name.
Orion Demographics
Average Orion Salary in
United States
$45,057 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Orion Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orion Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Orion (Arabic: اوريون) is found most in The Philippines. It can also be rendered as: Orión or Órion. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orion? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 157,699th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 2,628,037 people. Orion is primarily found in Asia, where 62 percent of Orion live; 35 percent live in Southeast Asia and 34 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 73,402nd most numerous forename at a global level, held by 7,620 people.
The surname Orion is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is held by 939 people, or 1 in 107,815. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Zamboanga Peninsula, where 24 percent live, Eastern Visayas, where 18 percent live and Davao Region, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines Orion is found in 57 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 23 percent live and France, where 10 percent live.
Orion Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Orion has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Orion surname expanded 845 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,150 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Orion Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Orion last name are 38.66% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 91.89% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Orion earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 4.42% more than the national average, earning $45,057 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.78% less than the national average, earning $43,828 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Orion Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Orion in the Arabic language | ||
| اوريون | awrywn | - |
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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 Orion
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