Orbo Surname
Approximately 139 people bear this surname
Orbo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 101 | 1:1,753,889 | 63,997 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Örbo | 92 | 9 | / |
| Horbo | 89 | 439 | / |
| Ourbo | 89 | 389 | / |
| Orboi | 89 | 189 | / |
| Orbos | 89 | 175 | / |
| Orboy | 89 | 52 | / |
| Gorbo | 89 | 24 | / |
| Orrbo | 89 | 11 | / |
| Orboh | 89 | 4 | / |
| Orboz | 89 | 2 | / |
| Oerbo | 89 | 2 | / |
| Orhbo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Orbot | 89 | 1 | / |
| Horbot | 80 | 47 | / |
| Gorboi | 80 | 17 | / |
| Gourbo | 80 | 9 | / |
| Hoorbo | 80 | 8 | / |
| Horboi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gorbou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gorboh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Horboy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Arbo | 75 | 3,245 | / |
| Orba | 75 | 246 | / |
| Erbo | 75 | 232 | / |
| Oruo | 75 | 92 | / |
| Urbo | 75 | 36 | / |
| Orwo | 75 | 16 | / |
| Orvo | 75 | 12 | / |
| Gourboy | 73 | 44 | / |
| Horboot | 73 | 20 | / |
| Horboch | 73 | 5 | / |
| Hourboy | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gorbuoh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hoorbod | 73 | 1 | / |
| Horbosz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gourbou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Garbo | 67 | 12,925 | / |
| Ourba | 67 | 2,589 | / |
| Harbo | 67 | 1,363 | / |
| Arbos | 67 | 1,278 | / |
| Gorba | 67 | 989 | / |
| Horba | 67 | 874 | / |
| Gurbo | 67 | 739 | / |
| Orvos | 67 | 705 | / |
| Erboy | 67 | 358 | / |
| Herbo | 67 | 200 | / |
| Arbod | 67 | 195 | / |
| Orbas | 67 | 168 | / |
| Arboo | 67 | 57 | / |
| Aarbo | 67 | 54 | / |
| Arbou | 67 | 43 | / |
| Orbat | 67 | 42 | / |
| Oerba | 67 | 41 | / |
| Aurbo | 67 | 33 | / |
| Gorvo | 67 | 32 | / |
| Hurbo | 67 | 30 | / |
| Arboy | 67 | 30 | / |
| Orvoš | 67 | 29 | / |
| Arboi | 67 | 12 | / |
| Orwot | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ňorba | 67 | 7 | / |
| Arbot | 67 | 6 | / |
| Arrbo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Urbos | 67 | 6 | / |
| Arboz | 67 | 6 | / |
| Orbaa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Orbah | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hörbo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Aerbo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Erboh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Goruo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Đerbo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Eerbo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Orrbooth | 67 | 2 | / |
| Orbha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Urboy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Orvoy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Orvoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arboj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orwou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orrvo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arboç | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arboh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ourwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orvoj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orbaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orhwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Urboi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orwho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Huojrebo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orbau | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Orbo
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