Oreba Surname
Approximately 324 people bear this surname
Oreba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 260 | 1:681,318 | 31,645 |
| Uganda | 52 | 1:750,755 | 36,601 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Oreba (50) may also be a first name.
Oreba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oreba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oreba is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Oreba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oreba? popularity and diffusion
Oreba is the 846,108th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 22,492,426 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oreba live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oreba is also the 1,412,538th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 50 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 260 people, or 1 in 681,318. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 82 percent live, Enugu, where 7 percent live and Cross River, where 4 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 16 percent live and Egypt, where 3 percent live.
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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 Oreba
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