Ortjohann Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Ortjohann Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ortjohann Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1301:619,27349,237
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Ortjohann Last Name Facts

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

Ortjohann is most common in Germany. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ortjohann? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ortjohann is the 1,565,797th most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Ortjohann reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Ortjohann is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 619,273. In Germany Ortjohann is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 95 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 2 percent are found and Hamburg, where 1 percent are found. Not including Germany this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orthjohann951/
Haarjohann745/
Orjouane711/
Ourjouane674/
Arjoan673/
Archjohan671/
Arjouan6313/
Archohan592/
Arsohon501/
Arcohon501/

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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 Ortjohann
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