Oreko Surname
Approximately 614 people bear this surname
Oreko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 245 | 1:188,489 | 14,045 |
| Benin | 129 | 1:80,121 | 9,489 |
| Tanzania | 125 | 1:423,533 | 29,670 |
| Nigeria | 107 | 1:1,655,540 | 61,311 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oreko (53) may also be a first name.
Oreko Demographics
Oreko Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Oreko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oreko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oreko is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oreko? popularity and diffusion
Oreko is the 527,543rd most common surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,868,967 people. The last name Oreko is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oreko reside; 60 percent reside in East Africa and 38 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,366,219th most frequent forename worldwide, held by 53 people.
The surname Oreko is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 245 people, or 1 in 188,489. In Kenya Oreko is mostly found in: Kisii County, where 94 percent are found, Nyamira County, where 4 percent are found and Migori County, where 2 percent are found. Besides Kenya this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 21 percent are found and Tanzania, where 20 percent are found.
Oreko Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Oreko
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