Órfão Surname

2,312,869th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 68 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Órfão Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Órfão 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
Portugal661:157,8526,835
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Orfão (138), Orfao (826) & Orfaó (1) are calculated separately.

Órfão Last Name Facts

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

The last name Órfão has its highest incidence in Portugal. It may also be found as: Orfão, Orfao or Orfaó. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Órfão? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,312,869th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. Órfão is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Órfão live; 99 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 99 percent live in Iberian Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Portugal, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 157,852. Outside of Portugal it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Spain, where 1 percent are found.

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
Orfão93138/
Orfao87826/
Orfaó801/
Arfo67271/
Orfo67229/
Irfo676/
Urfo671/
Erfo671/

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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 Órfão
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