Orefejo Surname

2,580,327th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Belize

Orefejo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Orefejo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria541:3,280,42199,135
Belize11:355,4743,977
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Orefejo Last Name Facts

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

Orefejo occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orefejo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,580,327th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. Orefejo is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Orefejo live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 3,280,421. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 59 percent live, Ogun, where 26 percent live and Oyo, where 9 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Belize, where 2 percent live and Wales, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Orefuye7143/
Oreifie7114/
Oraifej714/
Orefoye711/
Gorefie711/
Orefujah672/
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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 Orefejo
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