The Oran surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 427 people carried this name — #46,839 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 51 people named Oran.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Maine-et-Loire.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
51 people named Oran live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Oran.
- Ongaro 201 · U.S. census
- Onorato 1,827 · U.S. census
- Opfermann 104 · U.S. census
- Oppenheim 1,860 · U.S. census
- Oppermann 608 · U.S. census
- Orabona 161 · U.S. census
- Orand 357 · U.S. census
- Orange 4,027 · U.S. census
- Orban 1,621 · U.S. census
- Ordas 226 · U.S. census
- Ordonez 11,366 · U.S. census
- Orduna 1,540 · U.S. census
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