Orving Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Orving Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orving Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden121:820,56361,223
England21:27,859,030389,889
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Orving (17) may also be a first name.

Orving Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orving is held by more people in Sweden than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Orving? popularity and diffusion

Orving is the 5,057,639th most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Orving live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 87 percent live in Scandinavia. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 17 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Sweden, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 820,563. In Sweden Orving is most prevalent in: Stockholm County, where 100 percent live. Outside of Sweden this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 13 percent live and Denmark, where 7 percent live.

Orving Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Orving has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Orving surname grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Horving922/
Orvings920/
Orvin91565/
Erving831,888/
Orvain83792/
Gorvin83312/
Arving83122/
Orvina839/
Orvine832/
Orvung831/
Horvin831/
Orvoine7767/
Harving7750/
Herving7733/
Gorvein7722/
Gorvina7713/
Härving778/
Horvina777/
Erveing772/
Ourvain771/
Orvainx771/
Eerving771/
Ourvine771/
Ervingk771/
Garving771/
Goorvin770/
Arvin735,127/
Orven73180/
Orvén732/
Harvingt7146/
Horvaine711/
Garvin6721,991/
Harvin673,725/
Arvind673,056/
Arvina67201/
Orboin67133/
Gorven6791/
Horven6729/
Arveng6725/
Arvine6716/
Arvung678/
Orbain677/
Arvint676/
Orveen676/
Arvien673/
Eurvin673/
Oruine673/
Orbein671/
Arvain671/
Arvinn671/
Aarvin671/
Orwine670/
Orrven670/

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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 Orving
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