Órfão Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Órfão Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
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
Órfão occurs in Portugal more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Orfão, Orfao or Orfaó. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Órfão? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,312,869th most prevalent surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 107,169,793 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Órfão are found; 99 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 99 percent are found in Iberian Europe.
The surname Órfão is most prevalent in Portugal, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 157,852. Other than Portugal this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Spain, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Órfão
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