Orsha Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Orsha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 78 | 1:121,808 | 17,768 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Orsha (26) may also be a first name.
Orsha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orsha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orsha (Russian: Орша) occurs in Belarus more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orsha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,882,912th most common surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. Orsha occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Orsha live; 85 percent live in Eastern Europe and 85 percent live in East Slavic Europe. Orsha is also the 2,084,397th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 26 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Belarus, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 121,808. In Belarus it is primarily concentrated in: Vitebsk Region, where 96 percent are found, Brest Region, where 1 percent are found and Grodno Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Belarus this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Kazakhstan, where 4 percent are found and Nigeria, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Orsha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Orsha in the Russian language | ||
| Орша | orsa | - |
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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
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- 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 Orsha
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