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 Male Orion Height
176.98 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Orion Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orion Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Orion (Arabic: اوريون) is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Orión or Órion. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orion? popularity and diffusion
Orion is the 157,699th most frequently used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 2,628,037 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 62 percent of Orion live; 35 percent live in Southeast Asia and 34 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Orion is also the 73,402nd most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 7,620 people.
It is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is carried by 939 people, or 1 in 107,815. In The Philippines Orion is mostly found in: Zamboanga Peninsula, where 24 percent live, Eastern Visayas, where 18 percent live and Davao Region, where 13 percent live. Beside The Philippines it is found in 57 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 23 percent live and France, where 10 percent live.
Orion Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Orion has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Orion surname increased 845 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,150 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Orion Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Orion surname are 38.66% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 91.89% registered to vote for the political 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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