Orúe Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Costa Rica
Highest density in:
Costa Rica

Orúe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orúe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Costa Rica71:682,8675,051
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Orué (85), Oruê (8) & Oruè (5) are calculated separately.

Orúe Last Name Facts

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

Orúe is found most in Costa Rica. It may also be found as: Orué, Oruê or Oruè. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orúe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,882,373rd most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 77 percent of Orúe are found; 31 percent are found in Central America and 31 percent are found in Hispano-Central America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Costa Rica, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 682,867. Not including Costa Rica Orúe occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 23 percent are found and Argentina, where 15 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orué8385/
Oruê838/
Oruè835/
Oreu75438/
Oroe7564/
Orús7532/
Orrú7516/
Oreus67328/
Oruhe6761/
Arrúe6715/
Horoe672/
Ouroe672/
Horeu671/
Orheu671/
O'Roe670/
Orhoe670/

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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 Orúe
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