Orelesi Surname
Approximately 235 people bear this surname
Orelesi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 230 | 1:770,186 | 34,704 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Orelesi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orelesi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Orelesi is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orelesi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,061,269th most prevalent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 31,010,834 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Orelesi reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Orelesi is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 230 people, or 1 in 770,186. In Nigeria Orelesi is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 50 percent reside, Ogun, where 46 percent reside and Ekiti, where 0 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Orelesi
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