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 more in Spain more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Oruezábal. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oruezabal? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,118,459th most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 33,583,161 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 57 percent of Oruezabal live; 43 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 43 percent live in Iberian Europe.
The surname is most widespread in Spain, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 497,362. In Spain it is most frequent in: Basque Country, where 72 percent reside, La Rioja, where 16 percent reside and Andalusia, where 6 percent reside. Beside Spain Oruezabal occurs 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
- 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 Oruezabal
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