Orefo Surname

2,273,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 70 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Orefo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orefo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria601:2,952,37992,303
England71:7,959,723202,100
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oraefo9170/
Oreffo9126/
Oreafo911/
Oreffoo835/
Oriefoh831/
Orafo8045/
Erefo8021/
Orofo8015/
Orifo8010/
Orefa804/
Arefo803/
Urefo801/
Arefou73294/
Orhofo7317/
Arefoh7312/
Urefoh735/
Oraifo731/
Oroifo731/
Herefo731/
Oraefa731/
Erefou731/
Ureifoh6716/
Oraifoh6710/
Garefou675/
Erieffo671/
Arefuoh671/

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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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