Oreke Surname
Approximately 1,728 people bear this surname
Oreke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,594 | 1:111,131 | 7,401 |
| Papua New Guinea | 107 | 1:76,203 | 9,993 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oreke (270) may also be a first name.
Oreke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oreke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oreke (Russian: Ореке) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oreke? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 233,413th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,217,330 people. The surname Oreke is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Oreke reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oreke is also the 541,116th most commonly held forename in the world, held by 270 people.
Oreke is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,594 people, or 1 in 111,131. In Nigeria Oreke is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 59 percent reside, Rivers, where 21 percent reside and Lagos, where 3 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oreke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oreke in the Russian language | ||
| Ореке | oreke | - |
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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 Oreke
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