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 surname Ortance is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ortance.

How Common Is The Last Name Ortance? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,447,279th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ortance are found; 93 percent are found in Central Africa and 93 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 43,332nd most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 16,561 people.

The last name is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 539,267. Aside from The DR Congo it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 6 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

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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