Orphen Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Orphen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orphen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Orphen (33) may also be a first name.

Orphen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orphen is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Orphen.

How Common Is The Last Name Orphen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Orphen is the 3,882,373rd most prevalent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Orphen live; 73 percent live in Southern Africa and 73 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Orphen is also the 1,807,719th most commonly held forename throughout the world, borne by 33 people.

It is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 2,851,458. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Western Cape, where 63 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 37 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 15 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 8 percent are found.

Orphen Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Orphen last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

Orphen earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.01% less than the national average, earning R 104,544 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orphent921/
Orphean920/
Orphin83151/
Arphen836/
Erphen831/
Orphem831/
Orpene831/
Orphion775/
Arpheen774/
Urphean771/
Garphen770/
Urpheant7152/
Aarpheen711/
Orpine67416/
Horpyshyn6724/
Arphin6718/
Horfen672/
Arpene672/
Gorfen671/
Ourfen670/

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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 Orphen
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