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 appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orekie? popularity and diffusion
Orekie is the 1,775,494th most prevalent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname is primarily 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 frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 98 people, or 1 in 1,807,579. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 36 percent are found, Rivers, where 16 percent are found and Enugu, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.
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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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