Orkaby Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Orkaby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orkaby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Israel41:2,139,40895,907

Orkaby Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orkaby is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Orkaby? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,587,209th most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Orkaby occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Orkaby reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 45,307,367. In The United States Orkaby is most prevalent in: New York, where 75 percent live and Massachusetts, where 25 percent live. Barring The United States this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Israel, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orkabi837/
Orkavy835/
Orkoby831/
Horkavy7771/
Gorkavy7735/
Horkeby7732/
Horkawy7727/
Arkabay7723/
Arkhaby772/
Erkabay771/
Arkaiby771/
Garkaby771/
Horkavyi71285/
Gorkavyy71108/
Gorkavyi717/
Gorkaviy715/
Gorkavoy714/
Gorkovaya67888/
Gorkavaya67236/
Arkawy6721/
Erkeby678/
Arkabi678/
Orkobi676/
Arkeby674/
Horkavych672/
Urkabi672/
Arkabe671/
Horkovaya671/
Orkavi671/
Orkovy671/

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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
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  • 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 Orkaby
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