Orrason Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Orrason Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 41 | 1:9,270 | 908 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Orrason Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orrason Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orrason is more frequently found in Iceland than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Orrason? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,017,195th most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Orrason live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.
Orrason is most frequently occurring in Iceland, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 9,270. In Iceland Orrason is most frequent in: Capital Region, where 78 percent are found, Northeastern Region, where 17 percent are found and Eastern Region, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Iceland this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Denmark, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Orrason
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