Oraku Surname
Approximately 729 people bear this surname
Oraku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 678 | 1:57,580 | 6,764 |
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Oraku (18) may also be a first name.
Oraku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oraku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oraku occurs most in Uganda. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oraku? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oraku is the 462,693rd most commonly held last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,996,634 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oraku reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 78 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 18 people.
Oraku is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 678 people, or 1 in 57,580. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Maracha District, where 51 percent live, Arua District, where 27 percent live and Masindi District, where 5 percent live. Outside of Uganda this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goraku | 91 | 24 | / |
| Horaku | 91 | 9 | / |
| Oiraku | 91 | 6 | / |
| Oreaku | 91 | 3 | / |
| Ojraku | 91 | 3 | / |
| Osraku | 91 | 1 | / |
| Orauku | 91 | 1 | / |
| Oraiku | 91 | 1 | / |
| Orakcu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ouraku | 91 | 1 | / |
| Horakhu | 83 | 49 | / |
| Otrakhu | 83 | 8 | / |
| Gorakhu | 83 | 8 | / |
| Horzaku | 83 | 5 | / |
| Osrakhu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Horakau | 83 | 1 | / |
| Oroku | 80 | 1,076 | / |
| Uraku | 80 | 594 | / |
| Araku | 80 | 399 | / |
| Eraku | 80 | 272 | / |
| Oreku | 80 | 33 | / |
| Oracu | 80 | 8 | / |
| Arakou | 73 | 423 | / |
| Orascu | 73 | 207 | / |
| Ereaku | 73 | 143 | / |
| Goroku | 73 | 123 | / |
| Orokuy | 73 | 85 | / |
| Haraku | 73 | 19 | / |
| Garaku | 73 | 10 | / |
| Eraaku | 73 | 6 | / |
| Orokui | 73 | 4 | / |
| Arakhu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Urakau | 73 | 2 | / |
| Orekou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Erayku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oroeku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oeroku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Araaku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Erakhu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Urraku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Araiku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Arakau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Horoku | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ourzakkou | 71 | 5 | / |
| Horaicu | 67 | 142 | / |
| Arzakou | 67 | 55 | / |
| Ourokuy | 67 | 33 | / |
| Horascu | 67 | 27 | / |
| Horokou | 67 | 19 | / |
| Asrakou | 67 | 7 | / |
| Garakou | 67 | 6 | / |
| Oroukou | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hurakut | 67 | 5 | / |
| Harakhu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hurakud | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aurakud | 67 | 4 | / |
| Urakhau | 67 | 3 | / |
| Oracuis | 67 | 3 | / |
| Harakou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Harakau | 67 | 2 | / |
| Orekhou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Arakheu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gorokou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eraikhu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goracau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Urakaus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Horokuy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Otrokus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arakhud | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arakout | 67 | 1 | / |
| Araskou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arakous | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ara'aku | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Oraku
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