Orakwue Surname

421,746th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 822 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orakwue Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orakwue Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7061:250,91014,512
United States711:5,105,055259,233
England251:2,228,72284,230
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Orakwue (73) may also be a first name.

Orakwue Last Name Facts

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

The last name Orakwue occurs most in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Orakwue.

How Common Is The Last Name Orakwue? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 421,746th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 8,865,628 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Orakwue live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,134,117th most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 73 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 706 people, or 1 in 250,910. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Lagos, where 29 percent live, Delta, where 15 percent live and Enugu, where 10 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.

Orakwue Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Orakwue surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

The amount Orakwue earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 54.07% less than the national average, earning R 109,152 per year and in United States they earn 12.59% more than the national average, earning $48,583 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orakwuee934/
Oraekwue931/
Orakwe924,171/
Orakue922/
Oraekwe86205/
Oraukwe867/
Orokwue861/
Orekwue861/
Orokwe7717/
Oraque778/
Orekwe778/
Orakwa773/
Oragwe772/
Urakue772/
Orague772/
Orokue770/
Aharaekwue713/
Oraques712/
Ourague711/
Areakwe711/
Eurakue711/
Araekwe711/
Orgagwe711/
Oraigwe711/
Harakue711/
Ouragoue671/
Gourague671/
Oureague671/

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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 Orakwue
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