Ortgiess Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Ortgiess Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ortgiess Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands321:527,72448,879
England81:6,964,757184,742

Ortgiess Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ortgiess is found most in The Netherlands. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ortgiess? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,100,440th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Ortgiess are found; 80 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 527,724. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: South Holland, where 84 percent live and North Brabant, where 16 percent live. Besides The Netherlands it occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orthgiess9414/
Ortgies93696/
Ortgiese8844/
Ortgiehs8820/
Orthgies886/
Oirtgies882/
Ohrtgies880/
Orties861/
Oortgiese82103/
Ourties8028/
Ortgieß805/
Orthies800/
Ortgier800/
Horgess800/
Orgis77257/
Orges77216/
Oortgijs7531/
Hourties7523/
Orthgieß7519/
Ortguist751/
Orgish71199/
Arties7190/
Ortiez7128/
Ortgea7124/
Horges7117/
Hortge7113/
Orgese713/
Artges711/
Horgis711/
Hargiss67310/
Hartges67150/
Hertges67105/
Hordges6740/
Orchess6725/
Gortjes6721/
Oortjes679/
Hargess679/
Orcesse676/
Harties676/
Garties675/
Artiest674/
Orcisse673/
Oortgys671/
Arthies670/
Hartgie670/
Hargies670/

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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 Ortgiess
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