Oruña Surname

1,076,574th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 230 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Oruña Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oruña Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain1941:240,99015,620
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
Peru91:3,531,56931,288
Puerto Rico51:710,0284,074
Bolivia41:2,654,1087,945
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776

The alternate forms: Oruna (3,065) & Orună (1) are calculated separately.

Oruña Last Name Facts

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

Oruña is held by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Oruna or Orună. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oruña? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,076,574th most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 31,684,982 people. The last name Oruña is predominantly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Oruña live; 84 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 84 percent live in Iberian Europe.

The last name Oruña is most commonly occurring in Spain, where it is carried by 194 people, or 1 in 240,990. In Spain it is primarily concentrated in: Cantabria, where 82 percent live, Catalonia, where 7 percent live and Galicia, where 5 percent live. Besides Spain this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 4 percent live and Peru, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oruna933,065/
Orueña9143/
Oruñas912/
Orouña911/
Orună871/
Oriña801,516/
Oruño80713/
Uruña80369/
Aruña8016/
Eruña804/
Orzuna73826/
Orunna73245/
Orruño73158/
Orunja73108/
Horuna7396/
Orouna7376/
Goruna7359/
Orhuna7350/
Orunya7328/
Orunah7318/
Orunga7314/
Orunia7313/
Oruena734/
Orunay733/
Arguña732/
Arruña731/
Orumha731/
Orumna731/
Arueña731/
Orunaj731/
Orutño731/
Orgunga6791/
Hoeruna6717/
Gorunga6717/
Oruń676/
Orunnah675/
Horouna674/
Oreunga674/
Ourunga672/
Garruña672/
Ourouna671/
Oruunna671/
Orounna671/
Orujnia671/
Orungah671/
Oruhyna671/

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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 Oruña
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