Orekoya Surname

135,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,304 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orekoya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orekoya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,0001:59,0484,427
England1651:337,68524,727
United States1221:2,970,975173,956
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Malta11:430,2723,380
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Suriname11:552,6169,664

Orekoya (55) may also be a first name.

Orekoya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Orekoya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Orekoya has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Orekoya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 135,935th most prevalent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,205,674 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Orekoya reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most commonly occurring given name at a global level, held by 55 people.

It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,000 people, or 1 in 59,048. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ogun, where 42 percent live, Lagos, where 34 percent live and Oyo, where 8 percent live. Besides Nigeria Orekoya occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in England, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Orekoya Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Orekoya surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

Orekoya earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.1% more than the national average, earning $43,194 USD per year.

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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 Orekoya
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