Orlić Surname

171,122nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,517 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Orlić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orlić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia1,1321:6,312765
Croatia8281:5,107659
Bosnia and Herzegovina3931:8,9981,810
Slovenia1051:23,6925,137
Kosovo241:77,5784,881
Montenegro241:26,6492,455
North Macedonia31:700,49123,754
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Orlic (504) & Orlič (43) are calculated separately.

Orlić Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orlić occurs most in Serbia. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Orlic or Orlič. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Orlić? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 171,122nd most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,895,330 people. The surname Orlić is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Orlić live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

It is most common in Serbia, where it is borne by 1,132 people, or 1 in 6,312. In Serbia it is most frequent in: Belgrade, where 47 percent reside, West Bačka District, where 15 percent reside and Srem District, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Serbia Orlić exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 33 percent reside and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 16 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orlic93504/
Orlič9343/
Urlić80395/
Erlić80167/
Arlić8016/
Orliz8013/
Orlich731,366/
Orlicz73381/
Orlitz7350/
Aerlić7326/
Herlić7312/
Orlici732/
Orlics731/
Horlitz67502/
Gorlitz67237/
Gorlich67121/
Horlich6728/
Orliche675/
Ourlich671/
Horlits671/
Gorlits671/

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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 Orlić
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