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
Orave is found most in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orave? popularity and diffusion
The last name Orave is the 2,293,424th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 48 percent of Orave live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Orave is also the 1,951,561st most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 29 people.
Orave is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria Orave is most prevalent in: Benue, where 97 percent reside and Rivers, where 3 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it is found 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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