Orvay Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Orvay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 160 | 1:292,200 | 17,764 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Orvay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orvay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orvay is more frequently found in Spain than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Orvay.
How Common Is The Last Name Orvay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,353,468th most frequent surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Orvay are found; 98 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 98 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
This last name is most widespread in Spain, where it is carried by 160 people, or 1 in 292,200. In Spain it is most numerous in: Balearic Islands, where 99 percent reside and Catalonia, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Spain this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Hong Kong, where 1 percent reside and Argentina, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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