Orosanu Surname
Approximately 282 people bear this surname
Orosanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 222 | 1:90,441 | 10,457 |
| Moldova | 51 | 1:69,831 | 9,325 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Oroşanu (34) are calculated separately.
Orosanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orosanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Orosanu is found most frequently in Romania. It can be found as a variant: Oroşanu. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orosanu? popularity and diffusion
Orosanu is the 933,049th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 25,842,361 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Orosanu are found; 97 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 97 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
The last name Orosanu is most frequent in Romania, where it is carried by 222 people, or 1 in 90,441. In Romania it is mostly found in: Bucharest Municipality, where 40 percent live, Iași County, where 26 percent live and Argeș County, where 19 percent live. Aside from Romania Orosanu occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Moldova, where 18 percent live and Belgium, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oroşanu | 95 | 34 | / |
| Horosanu | 93 | 42 | / |
| Oroseanu | 93 | 28 | / |
| Oroshanu | 93 | 27 | / |
| Horosanau | 88 | 7 | / |
| Orasanu | 86 | 1,122 | / |
| Orousannou | 82 | 2 | / |
| Oraseanu | 80 | 117 | / |
| Orasianu | 80 | 6 | / |
| Orosoonu | 80 | 5 | / |
| Orousonu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Garoseanu | 75 | 71 | / |
| Orăşanu | 71 | 64 | / |
| Arasanu | 71 | 8 | / |
| Oraşanu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Aresanu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Orezanu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Orusonu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Heresanu | 67 | 58 | / |
| Orăşeanu | 67 | 20 | / |
| Argasanu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Orezeanu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Horezanu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Erezanu | 57 | 160 | / |
| Garazanou | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Orosanu
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