Orakwe Surname

111,355th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,171 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orakwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orakwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4,1471:42,7163,358
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
England31:18,572,686338,250
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Orakwe (42) may also be a first name.

Orakwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orakwe is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orakwe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 111,355th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,747,194 people. The surname Orakwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Orakwe reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most widely held given name at a global level, borne by 42 people.

The surname Orakwe is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4,147 people, or 1 in 42,716. In Nigeria Orakwe is primarily concentrated in: Anambra, where 55 percent live, Enugu, where 10 percent live and Lagos, where 6 percent live. Beside Nigeria Orakwe is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Orakwe Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Orakwe last name is primarily Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orakwue92822/
Oraekwe92205/
Oraukwe927/
Orakwuee864/
Oraekwue861/
Orokwe8317/
Orekwe838/
Orakwa833/
Oragwe832/
Orakue832/
Orgagwe771/
Areakwe771/
Araekwe771/
Orokwue771/
Orekwue771/
Oraigwe771/
Oragwa67175/
Oragbe67134/
Arokwe6777/
Orogwe6715/
Oraque678/
Orokwa675/
Aragwe673/
Urokwe673/
Arakwa673/
Orague672/
Urakue672/
Orokue670/

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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 Orakwe
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