Orakah Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Orakah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 105 | 1:1,687,074 | 62,154 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Orakah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orakah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Orakah occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Orakah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orakah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Orakah is the 1,775,494th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. Orakah is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Orakah reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 1,687,074. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 61 percent are found, Edo, where 30 percent are found and Lagos, where 5 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent are found and Iceland, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Orakah
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