Orekha Surname
Approximately 281 people bear this surname
Orekha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 235 | 1:753,799 | 34,148 |
| Russia | 31 | 1:4,649,131 | 213,487 |
| Gambia | 9 | 1:213,717 | 372 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Orekha (19) may also be a first name.
Orekha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orekha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Orekha (Oriya: ଓେରଖ, Russian: Ореха) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orekha? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 935,326th most numerous family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 25,934,327 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Orekha live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Orekha is also the 2,523,061st most commonly held forename throughout the world It is held by 19 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 235 people, or 1 in 753,799. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Edo, where 61 percent are found, Oyo, where 14 percent are found and Osun, where 7 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 11 percent are found and The Gambia, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Orekha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Orekha in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓେରଖ | oerakha | - |
| Orekha in the Russian language | ||
| Ореха | oreha | - |
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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 Orekha
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