Orvossy Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Orvossy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orvossy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

The alternate forms: Örvössy (8) are calculated separately.

Orvossy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orvossy is held by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Örvössy. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Orvossy? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 10,311,814th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 67 percent of Orvossy are found; 67 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 67 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Romania, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 10,038,935. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Alba County, where 50 percent are found and Cluj County, where 50 percent are found. Outside of Romania this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 33 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Örvössy908/
Orvos83705/
Orviss77138/
Yorvos779/
Orbosis7142/
Oerfoss710/
Ourviss710/
Orvis672,914/
Orvas6780/
Orves6742/
Orvoš6729/
Arvos6718/
Ervos674/
Oravs673/
Orivs671/

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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 Orvossy
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