Oranja Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Oranja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
Oranja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oranja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oranja has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oranja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,427,875th most frequent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Oranja occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Oranja live; 55 percent live in East Africa and 40 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Oranja is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 5,772,488. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 50 percent reside, Kisumu County, where 13 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Kenya Oranja is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 20 percent reside and Uganda, where 15 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
- 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 Oranja
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