Orakwelu Surname
Approximately 244 people bear this surname
Orakwelu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 241 | 1:735,032 | 33,525 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Orakwelu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orakwelu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Orakwelu is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orakwelu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Orakwelu is the 1,032,007th most common surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 29,866,991 people. The last name Orakwelu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Orakwelu are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Orakwelu is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 241 people, or 1 in 735,032. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 18 percent reside, Bauchi, where 17 percent reside and Enugu, where 16 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Orakwelu occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.
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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
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