Orkova Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Orkova Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Bulgaria | 7 | 1:996,986 | 34,534 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Orkova Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orkova Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orkova (Russian: Оркова) is most common in Russia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Orkova click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orkova? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,427,875th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Orkova are found; 55 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 45 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.
This surname is most commonly used in Russia, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 12,010,255. In Russia Orkova is mostly concentrated in: Moscow, where 25 percent reside, Republic of Tatarstan, where 17 percent reside and Kabardino-Balkar Republic, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Russia this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Bulgaria, where 35 percent reside and Ukraine, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Orkova Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Orkova in the Russian language | ||
| Оркова | orkova | - |
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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 Orkova
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