Orebajo Surname
Approximately 262 people bear this surname
Orebajo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 252 | 1:702,947 | 32,409 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
Orebajo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orebajo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Orebajo is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Orebajo.
How Common Is The Last Name Orebajo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Orebajo is the 983,245th most numerous surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 27,815,061 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Orebajo are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 252 people, or 1 in 702,947. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 47 percent live, Lagos, where 46 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orebayo | 86 | 181 | / |
| Orebaje | 86 | 2 | / |
| Orebay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oreboy | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oribayo | 71 | 157 | / |
| Horevaj | 71 | 58 | / |
| Oreaboe | 71 | 38 | / |
| Horevajová | 71 | 29 | / |
| Orewaju | 71 | 6 | / |
| Gorebai | 71 | 5 | / |
| Gorebou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Orebaye | 71 | 2 | / |
| Horevajova | 71 | 2 | / |
| Arebaco | 71 | 2 | / |
| Oreboye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Orebosa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Arebejo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Arebayo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gorewaj | 71 | 1 | / |
| Orebuio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Arebaio | 71 | 1 | / |
| Garebaj | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gorevaja | 67 | 10 | / |
| Garebaji | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Orebajo
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