Orawo Surname

721,185th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 404 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Orawo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orawo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3521:131,19310,797
Nigeria321:5,535,711139,404
India191:40,371,862445,856
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Orawo (10) may also be a first name.

Orawo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orawo is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orawo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 721,185th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 18,038,480 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Orawo reside; 87 percent reside in East Africa and 83 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent given name globally It is held by 10 people.

It is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 352 people, or 1 in 131,193. In Kenya Orawo is primarily concentrated in: Kisumu County, where 74 percent reside, Homa Bay County, where 18 percent reside and Migori County, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 8 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.

Orawo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Orawo last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oreawo919/
Horawo911/
Orawou911/
Oraawo911/
Arawo80275/
Orowo8083/
Orawa8083/
Orewo8040/
Orabo8036/
Erawo8021/
Urawo8016/
Oravo805/
Orawua7393/
Horawa7388/
Orawat7349/
Oravuo7342/
Orowho7324/
Harawo7317/
Arrawo7315/
Arawou7312/
Orhewo7311/
Uraiwo7311/
Arauwo737/
Orasuo736/
Urawoo735/
Urahwo734/
Oraivo733/
Oravho731/
Orouwo731/
Goravo731/
Araawo731/
Arawoh731/
Arawot731/
Argawo731/
Oroewo731/
Orohwo731/
Arauwou6770/
Oruohwo6744/
Arhawho6737/
Orasvuo6726/
Goorawa6722/
Oroewho6716/
Orowhuo678/
Gorowoy677/
Orowhou673/
Horowoj672/
Oroewoh672/
Gurawoo672/
Arhawoh671/
Orouhwo671/
Gorowoj671/
Araywoy671/
Horawat671/
Orahvod670/

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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 Orawo
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