Oràn

surname · Latin script

Oràn is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Algeria than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Ottoman Turkish اوران (oran).

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 183K(measured from records)
  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 12K
  • IEIreland≈1 in 16K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Algeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,600 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
233 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)

Algeria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

OrànLatin(measured from records)
אוראןHebrew(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Oran in US United States, GB United Kingdom, DZ Algeria, אוראן in IL Israel and Óran in IE Ireland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Ottoman Turkish اوران (oran).

Sources 4

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
  • TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Oràn counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Oràn is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DZ Algeria≈3,600 est.≈1 in 12K—Oran12
US United States1,8161 in 183K1.8KOran233
GB United Kingdom≈490 est.≈1 in 135K40Oran97
IL Israel≈330 est.≈1 in 27K125אוראן70
IE Ireland≈320 est.≈1 in 16K57Óran58
XK Kosovo≈25 est.≈1 in 78K27——
AL Albania251 in 123K25——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; CBS Israel — Names given to babies (1949–present); CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present); NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Oràn is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish name22 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Spain, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Orán, Oran, Öran, Ôran, Õran

  • French surname18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Algeria

    Also written Oran, Ôrân, Ôràn, Orân, Ořąn

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Oràn under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Oràn mean, and where does it come from?
From Ottoman Turkish اوران (oran). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples) and 2 other sources.
In which country does Oràn have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.6 thousand people named Oràn in Algeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled oran.
How common is the name Oràn?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,816 people named Oràn in 2020, about 1 in 183 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Oràn”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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