Orave Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Orave Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
Orave (29) may also be a first name.
Orave Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orave Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orave occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Orave? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,293,424th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 48 percent of Orave reside; 48 percent reside in West Africa and 48 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most widely held first name internationally, borne by 29 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria Orave is primarily found in: Benue, where 97 percent reside and Rivers, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent reside and India, where 12 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 Orave
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