Ortance Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Ortance Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ortance Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1371:539,26742,095
Chad91:1,510,2445,402
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Ortance (16,561) may also be a first name.

Ortance Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ortance is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ortance? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,447,279th most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. Ortance is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ortance live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ortance is also the 43,332nd most numerous forename at a global level It is held by 16,561 people.

The surname is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 539,267. Without taking into account The DR Congo this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 6 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hortance933,155/
Orthance9325/
Orttance931/
Ortanca86598/
Ortanci8665/
Artance8614/
Ortange864/
Ortainci807/
Orthanse801/
Orteince801/
Ortanç77202/
Ortans774/
Hortans7138/
Ortansa715/
Orthans711/
Ortanzi711/
Hortanza671/
Artanzie671/
Horttans671/
Artans6213/
Ortons625/
Arthainsee591/
Hortons5721/
Artanza571/
Arthans571/
Gortons570/
Hartans570/
Hartansa534/
Horton's531/
Arthangi531/
Artasensi5061/
Arthonket508/
Artoonsee501/
Ortãz501/

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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 Ortance
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