Oruezabal Surname
Approximately 217 people bear this surname
Oruezabal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 94 | 1:497,362 | 25,035 |
| Argentina | 84 | 1:508,850 | 37,434 |
| France | 29 | 1:2,290,439 | 180,028 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 1:571,960 | 26,877 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Oruezábal (3) are calculated separately.
Oruezabal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oruezabal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oruezabal occurs in Spain more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Oruezábal. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oruezabal? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,118,459th most commonly used family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,583,161 people. The surname Oruezabal occurs mostly in Europe, where 57 percent of Oruezabal reside; 43 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 43 percent reside in Iberian Europe.
The surname Oruezabal is most common in Spain, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 497,362. In Spain Oruezabal is most prevalent in: Basque Country, where 72 percent reside, La Rioja, where 16 percent reside and Andalusia, where 6 percent reside. Not including Spain it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 39 percent reside and France, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oruezábal | 96 | 3 | / |
| Orbezabal | 89 | 5 | / |
| Orvezabal | 89 | 1 | / |
| Orizabal | 82 | 656 | / |
| Arizabal | 71 | 1,883 | / |
| Erizabal | 71 | 42 | / |
| Orizábal | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gareeazabal | 70 | 1 | / |
| Garaizabal | 63 | 277 | / |
| Garayzabal | 63 | 74 | / |
| Arisabal | 59 | 3 | / |
| Arizábal | 59 | 1 | / |
| Garaizábal | 53 | 5 | / |
| Garayzábal | 53 | 2 | / |
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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 Oruezabal
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