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
Average Orek Salary in
United States
$9,350 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Orek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Orek (Russian: Орек) is found most in Kenya. It can also occur in the variant forms: Örek. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orek? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,527,735th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 43 percent of Orek live; 41 percent live in East Africa and 40 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Orek is also the 1,134,117th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 73 people.
This last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 824,641. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Siaya County, where 91 percent live, Kisumu County, where 7 percent live and Nairobi County, where 2 percent live. Outside of Kenya this surname exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 21 percent live and Estonia, where 14 percent live.
Orek Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly 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
- 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 Orek
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