Orah Surname
Approximately 3,006 people bear this surname
Orah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,229 | 1:79,472 | 5,636 |
| Indonesia | 550 | 1:240,453 | 22,128 |
| Israel | 44 | 1:194,492 | 19,021 |
| Ivory Coast | 36 | 1:640,868 | 18,598 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| United States | 24 | 1:15,102,456 | 529,929 |
| Palestine | 17 | 1:267,579 | 10,328 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Orah (7,468) may also be a first name.
Orah Demographics
Orah Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Orah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Orah (Marathi: ओराह) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 147,321st most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 2,424,333 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Orah are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 74,388th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 7,468 people.
Orah is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,229 people, or 1 in 79,472. In Nigeria Orah is most common in: Enugu, where 28 percent reside, Kogi, where 19 percent reside and Lagos, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 32 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 18 percent reside and Israel, where 1 percent reside.
Orah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Orah has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Orah surname expanded 2,500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Orah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
Orah earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.04% less than the national average, earning $30,617 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Orah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Orah in the Marathi language | ||
| ओराह | oraha | - |
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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 Orah
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