Orw Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Thailand
Highest density in:
Thailand

Orw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Orw Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Orw Last Name Facts

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

Orw occurs most in Thailand. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Orw.

How Common Is The Last Name Orw? popularity and diffusion

Orw is the 5,812,366th most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 91 percent of Orw are found; 64 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 64 percent are found in Tai-Asia.

This surname is most numerous in Thailand, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 10,091,192. In Thailand it is mostly found in: Phuket Province, where 14 percent live, Ratchaburi Province, where 14 percent live and Sakon Nakhon Province, where 14 percent live. Outside of Thailand this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 27 percent live and Nigeria, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orwe8689/
Horw865/
Orwp862/
Orrw861/
Orwf861/
Orwz861/
Oerw861/
Horwe7569/
Ohrwh751/
Orf672,443/
Orb67329/
Arw67125/
Erw6716/
Orv6712/
Urw673/
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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 Orw
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