Ortlam Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Ortlam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ortlam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776

Ortlam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ortlam is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ortlam.

How Common Is The Last Name Ortlam? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Ortlam occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of Ortlam live; 81 percent live in Western Europe and 81 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Ortlam is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 6,192,728. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 38 percent live, Thuringia, where 23 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 8 percent live. Apart from Germany it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent live and Mexico, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ortlan833/
Ortland77221/
Hartlam771/
Gortlan771/
Ortillan7135/
Ortellan711/
Hortland711/
Ortlandt711/
Ourtland711/
Huortland672/
Artlom671/
Hourtillan6320/
Gartlan62713/
Hartlan627/
Artland623/
Artlang622/
Hartland574,183/
Ortillon57270/
Artillan5783/
Artellan5748/
Hartleym573/
Hertleim572/
Artliang571/
Hartlane571/
Hartlang570/
Hartlain570/
Garthlan570/
Artilland5324/
Harrtland530/

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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 Ortlam
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