Ortez Surname
Approximately 16,167 people bear this surname
Ortez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honduras | 6,917 | 1:1,275 | 254 |
| El Salvador | 2,965 | 1:2,140 | 348 |
| United States | 2,596 | 1:139,622 | 14,544 |
| Nicaragua | 2,365 | 1:2,546 | 375 |
| Philippines | 764 | 1:132,511 | 22,539 |
| Mexico | 244 | 1:508,714 | 9,063 |
| Spain | 190 | 1:246,063 | 15,834 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Costa Rica | 14 | 1:341,434 | 3,425 |
| Belize | 11 | 1:32,316 | 2,112 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Peru | 7 | 1:4,540,589 | 34,489 |
| Guatemala | 5 | 1:3,216,534 | 7,141 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Colombia | 4 | 1:11,943,518 | 26,735 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 219 | 1:229,309 | 19,344 |
The alternate forms: Ortéz (3) are calculated separately.
Ortez (99) may also be a first name.
Ortez Demographics
Average Male Ortez Height
172.31 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Ortez Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ortez Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ortez is more commonly found in Honduras than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Ortéz. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ortez? popularity and diffusion
It is the 32,856th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 450,767 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Ortez are found; 76 percent are found in Central America and 76 percent are found in Hispano-Central America. Ortez is also the 951,070th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 99 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Honduras, where it is held by 6,917 people, or 1 in 1,275. In Honduras it is most prevalent in: Francisco Morazán Department, where 28 percent live, Cortés Department, where 15 percent live and Valle Department, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Honduras Ortez occurs in 30 countries. It is also common in El Salvador, where 18 percent live and The United States, where 16 percent live.
Ortez Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Ortez has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 1,185 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ortez Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ortez last name are 42.04% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.27% registered with the party.
The amount Ortez earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 108.97% more than the national average, earning $47,442,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 14.42% less than the national average, earning $36,925 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.8% less than the national average, earning $35,374 CAD per year.
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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 Ortez
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