Orticochea Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uruguay
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Orticochea Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orticochea Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uruguay121:285,98020,148
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Orticochea Last Name Facts

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

The last name Orticochea is carried by more people in Uruguay than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Orticochea? popularity and diffusion

The last name Orticochea is the 4,427,875th most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname Orticochea occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Orticochea live; 75 percent live in South America and 60 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.

The last name is most frequently used in Uruguay, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 285,980. In Uruguay it is mostly found in: Montevideo Department, where 92 percent are found and Durazno Department, where 8 percent are found. Not including Uruguay this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent are found and Brazil, where 15 percent are found.

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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 Orticochea
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