Orek Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Orek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 56 | 1:824,641 | 32,113 |
| Iran | 28 | 1:2,742,233 | 86,474 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Örek (1,281) are calculated separately.
Orek (73) may also be a first name.
Orek Demographics
Orek Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Orek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Orek (Russian: Орек) is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also be found in the variant forms: Örek. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orek? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,527,735th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 43 percent of Orek reside; 41 percent reside in East Africa and 40 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,134,117th most commonly used given name globally, borne by 73 people.
Orek is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 824,641. In Kenya Orek is mostly concentrated in: Siaya County, where 91 percent live, Kisumu County, where 7 percent live and Nairobi County, where 2 percent live. Aside from Kenya it occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 21 percent live and Estonia, where 14 percent live.
Orek Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Orek earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 78.33% less than the national average, earning $9,350 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Orek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Orek in the Russian language | ||
| Орек | orek | - |
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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
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- 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 Orek
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