Ortum Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Ortum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ortum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey151:5,188,095110,069
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ortum (10) may also be a first name.

Ortum Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ortum is found in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ortum? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,206,983rd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 68 percent of Ortum reside; 64 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 64 percent reside in East Thrace and Karpass. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 10 people.

The last name Ortum is most widespread in Turkey, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 5,188,095. In Turkey Ortum is most prevalent in: Edirne Province, where 93 percent reside and Izmir Province, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Turkey this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 18 percent reside and Denmark, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hortum91368/
Orthum9125/
Ortume9125/
Horthum833/
Ortun80282/
Ortom80182/
Artum8065/
Ertum801/
Hartum7376/
Orthun7327/
Ortuñe7320/
Gurtum7319/
Ortung7315/
Erthum7312/
Ortune7311/
Artoum738/
Hortom737/
Gortun735/
Hortun735/
Arthum735/
Orthom735/
Hertum734/
Ortund731/
Gartum731/
Aartum731/
Arteum731/
Gartoum67478/
Errthum67198/
Erthoum67192/
Herthum6764/
Harthum6751/
Heertum6743/
D'Ortun6721/
Orttung6719/
Orthund6711/
Ardthum675/
Hartoum672/
Errtaum671/
Orthune671/
Hortung670/
Hortoun670/
Hortune670/
Hurthum670/

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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 Ortum
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