Orbo Surname

1,504,764th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 139 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Orbo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orbo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1011:1,753,88963,997
Cameroon191:1,093,10967,608
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Örbo (9) are calculated separately.

Orbo (39) may also be a first name.

Orbo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orbo is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Örbo. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Orbo? popularity and diffusion

Orbo is the 1,504,764th most numerous last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 52,428,388 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Orbo reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Orbo is also the 1,637,361st most frequently occurring given name on earth, borne by 39 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 101 people, or 1 in 1,753,889. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 70 percent are found, Taraba, where 16 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 14 percent are found and Indonesia, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Örbo929/
Horbo89439/
Ourbo89389/
Orboi89189/
Orbos89175/
Orboy8952/
Gorbo8924/
Orrbo8911/
Orboh894/
Orboz892/
Oerbo892/
Orhbo891/
Orbot891/
Horbot8047/
Gorboi8017/
Gourbo809/
Hoorbo808/
Horboi801/
Gorbou801/
Gorboh801/
Horboy801/
Arbo753,245/
Orba75246/
Erbo75232/
Oruo7592/
Urbo7536/
Orwo7516/
Orvo7512/
Gourboy7344/
Horboot7320/
Horboch735/
Hourboy732/
Gorbuoh731/
Hoorbod731/
Horbosz731/
Gourbou731/
Garbo6712,925/
Ourba672,589/
Harbo671,363/
Arbos671,278/
Gorba67989/
Horba67874/
Gurbo67739/
Orvos67705/
Erboy67358/
Herbo67200/
Arbod67195/
Orbas67168/
Arboo6757/
Aarbo6754/
Arbou6743/
Orbat6742/
Oerba6741/
Aurbo6733/
Gorvo6732/
Hurbo6730/
Arboy6730/
Orvoš6729/
Arboi6712/
Orwot677/
Ňorba677/
Arbot676/
Arrbo676/
Urbos676/
Arboz676/
Orbaa675/
Orbah675/
Hörbo675/
Aerbo674/
Erboh674/
Goruo673/
Đerbo673/
Eerbo673/
Orrbooth672/
Orbha672/
Urboy672/
Orvoy672/
Orvoh671/
Arboj671/
Orwou671/
Orrvo671/
Arboç671/
Arboh671/
Ourwo671/
Orvoj671/
Orbaz671/
Orhwo671/
Urboi671/
Orwho671/
Huojrebo671/
Orbau670/

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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 Orbo
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