Oruč Surname

435,329th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 789 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Oruč Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oruč Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina7341:4,818991
Croatia291:145,81420,021
Serbia211:340,23616,447
Slovenia31:829,22525,091
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546

The alternate forms: Oruç (49,586), Oruc (1,309) & Oruć (49) are calculated separately.

Oruč (29) may also be a first name.

Oruč Last Name Facts

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

Oruč is most common in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It may appear in the variant forms: Oruç, Oruc or Oruć. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Oruč? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 435,329th most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 9,236,433 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Oruč are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequent given name worldwide. It is borne by 29 people.

The last name Oruč is most common in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is borne by 734 people, or 1 in 4,818. In Bosnia and Herzegovina it is mostly concentrated in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 96 percent reside and Republika Srpska, where 4 percent reside. Not including Bosnia and Herzegovina this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Croatia, where 4 percent reside and Serbia, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oruç9249,586/
Oruc921,309/
Oruć9249/
Oruz75835/
Aruč758/
Horuz675,127/
Oruci67158/
Oruch67107/
Orouz674/
Oruzh673/
Oruiz673/
Orouc671/
Orucz671/
Ouruc671/

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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 Oruč
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