Oreje Surname
Approximately 402 people bear this surname
Oreje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 344 | 1:134,244 | 11,002 |
| Uganda | 49 | 1:796,720 | 37,939 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Oreje (13) may also be a first name.
Oreje Demographics
Oreje Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Oreje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oreje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oreje has its highest incidence in Kenya. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oreje? popularity and diffusion
Oreje is the 723,769th most widespread surname on earth, held by around 1 in 18,128,224 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oreje reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 58 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used forename throughout the world. It is borne by 13 people.
The surname Oreje is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 344 people, or 1 in 134,244. In Kenya Oreje is most common in: Nairobi County, where 53 percent live, Homa Bay County, where 45 percent live and Kisii County, where 1 percent live. Besides Kenya it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 12 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Oreje Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Oreje last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Oreje
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