Ortefa Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Venezuela
Highest density in:
Paraguay

Ortefa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Ortefa 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
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Ortefa Last Name Facts

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

Ortefa is carried by more people in Venezuela than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ortefa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Ortefa is primarily found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Ortefa live; 60 percent live in South America and 40 percent live in Caribbean South America.

Ortefa is most frequently occurring in Venezuela, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 15,102,038. In Venezuela Ortefa is most common in: Capital District, where 50 percent reside and Zulia, where 50 percent reside. Other than Venezuela this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Paraguay, where 20 percent reside and Spain, where 20 percent reside.

Ortefa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ortefa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Ortefa surname declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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
Ortefga921/
Ortafa837/
Ertefa832/
Ortefo831/
Ertefai7735/
Ortaffa7718/
Artifa6715/
Ertafa6712/
Urtefi671/
Ortifo671/
Artefo671/
Artifah6234/
Hartifa629/
Hartofa627/
Hertifa621/
Hartifah571/
Heurtefeu53208/
Artifo506/
Artifi501/
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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 Ortefa
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