Orélus Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Orélus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orélus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti41:2,670,97716,453
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Orelus (17,964) are calculated separately.

Orélus Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orélus is found most in Haiti. It may also occur in the variant forms: Orelus. Click here for further potential spellings of Orélus.

How Common Is The Last Name Orélus? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Orélus is mostly found in The Americas, where 86 percent of Orélus reside; 71 percent reside in Caribbean and 57 percent reside in Gallo-Caribbean.

This surname is most prevalent in Haiti, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,670,977. In Haiti it is primarily concentrated in: Artibonite, where 25 percent reside and Ouest, where 25 percent reside. Apart from Haiti Orélus occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The Dominican Republic, where 14 percent reside and France, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orelus9417,964/
Orélu911/
Otrélius863/
Orilus831,051/
Oralus83455/
Orolus831/
Arélus831/
Orelius7736/
Horelus7715/
Aurélus775/
Orielus774/
Horalus773/
Orelyus771/
Orzilus771/
Orelu73146/
Orilu7312/
Ohrelius7113/
Orealous713/
Ourelius710/
Erilus67978/
Arelus67363/
Arilus67288/
Eralus67165/
Orelup67142/
Oriolu6770/
Orelut6760/
Gorelu6720/
Orielu6712/
Gorilu6712/
Erolus676/
Erelus673/
Horelu672/
Urelus672/
Oorelu671/
Oreulu671/
Orjlou671/
Oreluc671/
Urilus671/
Orelux671/
Aralus671/
Oreluz671/
Orojlu671/
Horrielus671/
Orujlu671/

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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 Orélus
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