Orekie Surname
Approximately 107 people bear this surname
Orekie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 98 | 1:1,807,579 | 65,389 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Orekie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orekie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orekie is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Orekie.
How Common Is The Last Name Orekie? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,775,494th most frequently used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Orekie live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Orekie is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 98 people, or 1 in 1,807,579. In Nigeria Orekie is most frequent in: Lagos, where 36 percent live, Rivers, where 16 percent live and Enugu, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.
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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 Orekie
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