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 found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orekha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 935,326th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 25,934,327 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Orekha are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 84 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 19 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 235 people, or 1 in 753,799. In Nigeria it is most common in: Edo, where 61 percent live, Oyo, where 14 percent live and Osun, where 7 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 11 percent live and The Gambia, where 3 percent live.
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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