Orpha Surname
Approximately 1,298 people bear this surname
Orpha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 1,155 | 1:11,768 | 1,513 |
| Kenya | 59 | 1:782,710 | 31,540 |
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| Israel | 36 | 1:237,712 | 22,042 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Orpha (8,421) may also be a first name.
Orpha Demographics
Orpha Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Orpha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orpha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Orpha has its highest incidence in Chad. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Orpha.
How Common Is The Last Name Orpha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 294,108th most commonly used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 5,614,442 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Orpha live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Chadic Africa. Orpha is also the 68,737th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 8,421 people.
The surname Orpha is most commonly held in Chad, where it is held by 1,155 people, or 1 in 11,768. Other than Chad this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 5 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
Orpha Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Orpha has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Orpha last name rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Orpha Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orphap | 91 | 1 | / |
| Orphas | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ourpha | 91 | 1 | / |
| Orphat | 91 | 0 | / |
| Orpa | 89 | 3,060 | / |
| Orphaus | 83 | 0 | / |
| Orphe | 80 | 283 | / |
| Orpaz | 80 | 108 | / |
| Gorpa | 80 | 70 | / |
| Arpha | 80 | 57 | / |
| Orpah | 80 | 35 | / |
| Orphy | 80 | 27 | / |
| Orpay | 80 | 25 | / |
| Orphi | 80 | 22 | / |
| Orpaa | 80 | 22 | / |
| Orpea | 80 | 6 | / |
| Horpa | 80 | 5 | / |
| Orpas | 80 | 2 | / |
| Erpha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Urpha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Orfha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ourpa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Orphee | 73 | 785 | / |
| Orphey | 73 | 260 | / |
| Orpych | 73 | 71 | / |
| Orpeap | 73 | 47 | / |
| Orpheu | 73 | 42 | / |
| Orpich | 73 | 33 | / |
| Gorphe | 73 | 24 | / |
| Orphée | 73 | 23 | / |
| Arphai | 73 | 17 | / |
| Arphat | 73 | 13 | / |
| Orphei | 73 | 11 | / |
| Herpha | 73 | 9 | / |
| Orphys | 73 | 9 | / |
| Horppa | 73 | 8 | / |
| Orphet | 73 | 5 | / |
| Gorphi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Orphão | 73 | 3 | / |
| Garpha | 73 | 3 | / |
| Horpas | 73 | 2 | / |
| Orphie | 73 | 2 | / |
| Orpaah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hoerpa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Arphaz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Arphad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Arphaj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gorpai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Orpher | 73 | 0 | / |
| Orphis | 73 | 0 | / |
| Orpeth | 73 | 0 | / |
| Arpa | 67 | 16,714 | / |
| Orpi | 67 | 1,257 | / |
| Orpe | 67 | 816 | / |
| Erpa | 67 | 387 | / |
| Orfa | 67 | 217 | / |
| Árpa | 67 | 127 | / |
| Horphet | 67 | 39 | / |
| Urpa | 67 | 37 | / |
| Hoorpah | 67 | 37 | / |
| Orpo | 67 | 33 | / |
| Orpy | 67 | 12 | / |
| Gorpeah | 67 | 11 | / |
| Horpeap | 67 | 10 | / |
| Orpí | 67 | 8 | / |
| Horpech | 67 | 5 | / |
| Arpahad | 67 | 5 | / |
| Horpach | 67 | 5 | / |
| Orpetch | 67 | 2 | / |
| Harpaha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aarphat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arphaud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Horpath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Horzpea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orpé | 67 | 1 | / |
| Horpeth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hoorpai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Orpha
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