Oramah Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Oramah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 89 | 1:1,990,368 | 70,088 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oramah (93) may also be a first name.
Oramah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oramah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oramah occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oramah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oramah is the 1,894,523rd most frequently used family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. The last name Oramah occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Oramah live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 986,211th most frequently occurring forename internationally, borne by 93 people.
Oramah is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 1,990,368. In Nigeria Oramah is most common in: Enugu, where 33 percent live, Lagos, where 18 percent live and Adamawa, where 13 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 2 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.
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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 Oramah
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