Oranugo Surname

1,239,697th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oranugo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oranugo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1711:1,035,92343,476
England131:4,286,005132,302
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Oranugo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oranugo is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oranugo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,239,697th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,970,834 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Oranugo live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 171 people, or 1 in 1,035,923. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 30 percent reside, Abia, where 20 percent reside and Enugu, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Oranugo occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent reside and Belgium, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oranigo867/
Oranuga864/
Aranugo863/
Orenuga711,256/
Aranigo7112/
Oronigo719/
Oronuga711/
Araniego671,177/
Aranigho672/
Haranigo671/
Araniggo671/
Arañigo572/
Araniga572/
Aronigo571/
Arenuga571/
Arañiego5312/
Araniega538/

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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 Oranugo
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