Orpan Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orpan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orpan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Orpan (60) may also be a first name.

Orpan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orpan is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Orpan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,730,171st most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname Orpan occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Orpan are found; 61 percent are found in West Africa and 61 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,270,172nd most common given name at a global level, borne by 60 people.

Orpan is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 25 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 percent reside.

Orpan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Orpan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Orpan last name declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orphan91726/
Horpan9145/
Orpang911/
Orpaan911/
Gorpan911/
Orphant8381/
Horphan835/
Orphane831/
Orpahnt831/
Orphean830/
Arpan802,672/
Orpon80639/
Erpan80422/
Urpan8031/
Orpanova7712/
Harpan73181/
Erphan73131/
Herpan7369/
Arphan7367/
Garpan7343/
Horpam7314/
Orpong7314/
Arpain739/
Urphan738/
Horpon735/
Aarpan735/
Arpang733/
Gorpon733/
Orpham732/
Arpand731/
Arpaan731/
Arpant730/
Orphanova711/
Harpain67164/
Herpain67119/
Arphant6770/
Arpaşin6722/
Arpahan6718/
Harphan6711/
Arphand676/
Arpasin674/
Orphong672/
Arpağan672/
Horphon672/
Gurppan671/
Gurphan671/
Harpant671/
Harpane671/
Eerphan671/
Orpount671/
Urphean671/
Harpand670/
Horpham670/

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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 Orpan
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