Orake Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Orake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 81 | 1:100,663 | 13,542 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Cook Islands | 8 | 1:2,272 | 577 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Orake (24) may also be a first name.
Orake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orake Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orake (Arabic: أراكه, Marathi: ओरके) occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Orake? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,596,935th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 73 percent of Orake live; 70 percent live in Oceania Islands and 64 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,187,323rd most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 24 people.
It is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 81 people, or 1 in 100,663. In Papua New Guinea Orake is mostly found in: Eastern Highlands, where 52 percent reside, Gulf, where 17 percent reside and Milne Bay, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea Orake occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in India, where 16 percent reside and Nigeria, where 9 percent reside.
Orake Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Orake has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Orake Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Orake in the Marathi language | ||
| ओरके | orake | 50 |
| ऑरके | orake | 42.86 |
| ओराके | orake | 7.14 |
| Orake in the Arabic language | ||
| أراكه | arakh | - |
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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 Orake
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