Orakam Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orakam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orakam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
India21:383,532,6911,645,216

Orakam Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Orakam Come From? nationality or country of origin

Orakam is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Orakam.

How Common Is The Last Name Orakam? popularity and diffusion

The surname Orakam is the 6,723,624th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Orakam are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Rivers, where 83 percent reside and Lagos, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Orakam occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Horakam924/
Gorakam923/
Gorakham8612/
Arakam83224/
Erakam83119/
Orekam8317/
Urakam834/
Orokam833/
Goracam7726/
Garakam7714/
Oracame7714/
Arakham779/
Eerakam777/
Urakham777/
Atrakam773/
Horacam773/
Orokame771/
Araikam771/
Ourekam771/
Areakam771/
Harakam771/
Erakamm771/
Errakam771/
Erakkam771/
Utrakham718/
Harakham713/
Horakhom711/
Gurakham711/
Uracam6733/
Arekam6733/
Araqam6715/
Arakom6711/
Arokam674/
Urakom671/
Eracam671/
Erokam671/

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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 Orakam
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