Orléans Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Orléans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Orléans Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France241:2,767,613196,808
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Orleans (3,653), Orleáns (2) & Orleāns (1) are calculated separately.

Orléans Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orléans is carried by more people in France than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Orleans, Orleáns or Orleāns. Click here for further possible spellings of Orléans.

How Common Is The Last Name Orléans? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,274,477th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Orléans live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most widespread in France, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 2,767,613. In France Orléans is primarily concentrated in: Centre-Val de Loire, where 100 percent reside. Not including France this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 19 percent reside and Belgium, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orleans953,653/
Orleáns902/
Orleāns901/
D'orléans8810/
Orlaens863/
D'orleans7526/
Orlliaens750/
Arleans7113/
Arleanx571/
Harleins530/

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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 Orléans
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