Orrú Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Italy

Orrú Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Orrú Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Spain21:23,376,018128,922

The alternate forms: Orru (8,963), Orrù (910) & Orrü (2) are calculated separately.

Orrú Last Name Facts

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

Orrú occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Orru, Orrù or Orrü. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Orrú? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,908,606th most frequently held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Orrú live; 63 percent live in South America and 50 percent live in Luso-South America.

The surname Orrú is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 26,759,292. In Brazil Orrú is most prevalent in: São Paulo, where 63 percent live, Federal District, where 25 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Brazil Orrú exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 25 percent live and Argentina, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orru928,963/
Orrù92910/
Orrü922/
Orús7532/
Orúe7526/
Arrú756/
Arrúa6752/
Orrou6745/
Gorru6721/
Arrúe6715/
Horru6713/
Orrut675/
Orroo673/
Orrus671/
Ourru671/
Arrús671/
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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 Orrú
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