Ortigueira Surname
Approximately 586 people bear this surname
Ortigueira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 298 | 1:156,886 | 11,448 |
| Argentina | 130 | 1:328,795 | 26,002 |
| Portugal | 113 | 1:92,197 | 4,545 |
| Brazil | 16 | 1:13,379,646 | 256,605 |
| Uruguay | 16 | 1:214,485 | 16,699 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
Ortigueira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ortigueira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ortigueira has its highest incidence in Spain. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ortigueira.
How Common Is The Last Name Ortigueira? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ortigueira is the 546,286th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 12,436,085 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 72 percent of Ortigueira live; 70 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 70 percent live in Iberian Europe.
It is most commonly held in Spain, where it is held by 298 people, or 1 in 156,886. In Spain it is most prevalent in: Galicia, where 80 percent are found, Andalusia, where 5 percent are found and Basque Country, where 5 percent are found. Beside Spain it exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 22 percent are found and Portugal, where 19 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ortiguera | 95 | 254 | / |
| Hortigueira | 95 | 16 | / |
| Ortiguerra | 90 | 709 | / |
| Hortiguera | 90 | 118 | / |
| Ortigueras | 90 | 58 | / |
| Ortigueyra | 90 | 11 | / |
| Ortigueera | 90 | 1 | / |
| Ortigera | 89 | 2 | / |
| Ortiguerras | 86 | 6 | / |
| Ortiguero | 84 | 722 | / |
| Orteguera | 84 | 4 | / |
| Artiguera | 84 | 1 | / |
| Ortiquerra | 80 | 8 | / |
| Ortiguerro | 80 | 4 | / |
| Orteguerra | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ortegueras | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ortigara | 78 | 511 | / |
| Ortigero | 78 | 36 | / |
| Ortigiro | 78 | 1 | / |
| Orteguero | 74 | 21 | / |
| Orteguiro | 74 | 17 | / |
| Ortiquero | 74 | 15 | / |
| Ortigarra | 74 | 1 | / |
| Ortequerra | 70 | 1 | / |
| Artigueros | 70 | 1 | / |
| Ortegero | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ortegiro | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ortegaray | 63 | 61 | / |
| Ortegeros | 63 | 3 | / |
| Ortequero | 63 | 2 | / |
| Artigaray | 63 | 1 | / |
| Artequera | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ortequiro | 63 | 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 Ortigueira
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