Orefo Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Orefo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 60 | 1:2,952,379 | 92,303 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Orefo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orefo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orefo is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orefo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,273,756th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Orefo live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 60 people, or 1 in 2,952,379. In Nigeria Orefo is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 37 percent reside, Enugu, where 25 percent reside and Abia, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Orefo occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 10 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oraefo | 91 | 70 | / |
| Oreffo | 91 | 26 | / |
| Oreafo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Oreffoo | 83 | 5 | / |
| Oriefoh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Orafo | 80 | 45 | / |
| Erefo | 80 | 21 | / |
| Orofo | 80 | 15 | / |
| Orifo | 80 | 10 | / |
| Orefa | 80 | 4 | / |
| Arefo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Urefo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Arefou | 73 | 294 | / |
| Orhofo | 73 | 17 | / |
| Arefoh | 73 | 12 | / |
| Urefoh | 73 | 5 | / |
| Oraifo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oroifo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Herefo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oraefa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Erefou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ureifoh | 67 | 16 | / |
| Oraifoh | 67 | 10 | / |
| Garefou | 67 | 5 | / |
| Erieffo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arefuoh | 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 Orefo
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