Ortom Surname

1,263,456th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 182 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ortom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ortom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1781:995,18442,110
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718

Ortom (289) may also be a first name.

Ortom Last Name Facts

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

Ortom (Russian: Ортьом) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ortom? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ortom is the 1,263,456th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 40,041,461 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ortom reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 519,842nd most frequently occurring given name in the world It is held by 289 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 178 people, or 1 in 995,184. In Nigeria Ortom is most numerous in: Benue, where 96 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 3 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 1 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Ortom occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hortom917/
Orthom915/
Gortom910/
Orton8017,323/
Artom80113/
Ortum8022/
Ertom8022/
Ortam8011/
Horton73144,797/
Gorton7310,523/
Hortum73368/
Ortone73131/
Ortton7345/
Hartom7335/
Ortume7325/
Orthum7325/
Ortame7318/
Artoum738/
Ortoon735/
Orthon735/
Uorton734/
Ortoin733/
Ortgon732/
Gartom732/
Gortam732/
Ortojn731/
Ortham731/
Orrton731/
Arthom731/
Oorton730/
Ourton730/
Hurtom730/
Ortond730/
Gartoum67478/
Orthong67372/
Erthoum67192/
Hourton6777/
Ortonne6766/
Hortong6743/
Hortham6729/
Gorthon6713/
Orthuon674/
Horthum673/
Hortone672/
Horrton672/
Hartoum672/
Hortonn672/
Harthom672/
Hotrton671/
Hortton671/
Hortond671/
Gourton671/
Hortgam671/
Herthom671/
Gortham670/
Hortoon670/
Hortoun670/

Ortom Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ortom in the Russian language
Ортьомortom-

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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 Ortom
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