Ooriah Surname
Approximately 174 people bear this surname
Ooriah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 172 | 1:7,520 | 1,575 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Ooriah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ooriah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ooriah is held by more people in Mauritius than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ooriah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,300,225th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 41,882,448 people. Ooriah is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ooriah reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in Southern African Indian Ocean.
The surname Ooriah is most frequently held in Mauritius, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 7,520. In Mauritius Ooriah is mostly concentrated in: Rivière du Rempart District, where 70 percent reside and Flacq District, where 30 percent reside. Barring Mauritius it is found in one country. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Ooriah
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