Orefi Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Jordan

Orefi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orefi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010

Orefi (77) may also be a first name.

Orefi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orefi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orefi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Orefi is the 4,908,606th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Orefi live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Orefi is also the 1,100,117th most prevalent first name globally, held by 77 people.

It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria Orefi is most numerous in: Benue, where 60 percent live, Abia, where 20 percent live and Ebonyi, where 7 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common in Jordan, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oriefi913/
Orefis911/
Ourefi911/
Orefei911/
Orefie911/
Oreffi911/
Orefid911/
Oreifie8314/
Horejfi832/
Orefich832/
Ourezfi831/
Oriefie831/
Arefi8015,765/
Orafi8029/
Orofi8022/
Erefi8021/
Orifi8017/
Orefa804/
Orefe801/
Goureyfi774/
Arefyi7354/
Orifie7332/
Garefi7324/
Orifij7320/
Areffi7316/
Oriefe7314/
Orofyi7310/
Orifii739/
Arefiy736/
Oraifi736/
Arefis735/
Orephi734/
Arefie734/
Arefai733/
Gurefi733/
Areefi733/
Orifiy732/
Orafai732/
Ariefi732/
Aarefi732/
Harefi732/
Arefit732/
Oreife731/
Ehrefi731/
Erefai731/
Oriofi731/
Horafi731/
Orzifi731/
Arrefi731/
Ourifi731/
Ourzifi67457/
Errefai67137/
Gareffi6716/
Oreifej677/
Orifaia677/
Areifij674/
Arefiss672/
Oriffis671/
Horoffi671/
Oreeffe671/
Goriffi671/
Hoerefe671/
Areffis671/
O'Reefe670/
O'Reffe670/

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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 Orefi
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