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
Ooriah occurs more in Mauritius more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ooriah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,300,225th most widely held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. The surname Ooriah is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ooriah live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean.
The surname Ooriah is most widespread in Mauritius, where it is carried by 172 people, or 1 in 7,520. In Mauritius Ooriah is most numerous in: Rivière du Rempart District, where 70 percent live and Flacq District, where 30 percent live. Barring Mauritius Ooriah exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 1 percent live.
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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 Ooriah
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