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 surname Oreke (Russian: Ореке) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oreke? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 233,413th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 4,217,330 people. The surname Oreke occurs predominantly 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 frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 270 people.
The surname Oreke is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,594 people, or 1 in 111,131. In Nigeria Oreke is most common in: Ebonyi, where 59 percent are found, Rivers, where 21 percent are found and Lagos, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 0 percent are found.
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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