Orthofer Surname
Approximately 478 people bear this surname
Orthofer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 278 | 1:30,631 | 4,932 |
| Germany | 181 | 1:444,782 | 39,627 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Orthöfer (11) are calculated separately.
Orthofer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orthofer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orthofer is more frequently found in Austria than any other country/territory. It may appear as: Orthöfer. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Orthofer? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 637,196th most frequently held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 15,245,912 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Orthofer reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Orthofer is most frequent in Austria, where it is held by 278 people, or 1 in 30,631. In Austria Orthofer is most common in: Styria, where 42 percent are found, Upper Austria, where 27 percent are found and Lower Austria, where 22 percent are found. Aside from Austria this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 38 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found.
Orthofer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Orthofer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Orthofer last name decreased 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orthöfer | 96 | 11 | / |
| Orthoefer | 94 | 24 | / |
| Arthofer | 88 | 787 | / |
| Orthoferová | 84 | 1 | / |
| Arthoffer | 82 | 13 | / |
| Árthoffer | 82 | 1 | / |
| Artofer | 80 | 0 | / |
| Arthoferová | 74 | 2 | / |
| Artoffe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Garthaffer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Artaffer | 63 | 17 | / |
| Ortafa | 57 | 7 | / |
| Ortaffa | 53 | 18 | / |
| Hartofa | 53 | 7 | / |
| Artoufi | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Orthofer
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