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 borne by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Orión or Órion. Click here to see other potential spellings of Orion.
How Common Is The Last Name Orion? popularity and diffusion
The last name Orion is the 157,699th most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 2,628,037 people. The surname Orion is mostly found in Asia, where 62 percent of Orion are found; 35 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 34 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 73,402nd most common first name on earth It is held by 7,620 people.
The surname Orion is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is held by 939 people, or 1 in 107,815. In The Philippines Orion is primarily found in: Zamboanga Peninsula, where 24 percent are found, Eastern Visayas, where 18 percent are found and Davao Region, where 13 percent are found. Aside from The Philippines this surname exists in 57 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 23 percent are found and France, where 10 percent are found.
Orion Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Orion has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Orion last name 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 last name 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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