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 occurs in Mauritius more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ooriah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,300,225th most frequently used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 41,882,448 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ooriah are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in Southern African Indian Ocean.
The last name is most frequent in Mauritius, where it is carried by 172 people, or 1 in 7,520. In Mauritius Ooriah is mostly found in: Rivière du Rempart District, where 70 percent live and Flacq District, where 30 percent live. Other than Mauritius it exists in one country. It is also found 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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