Orelusi Surname

712,393rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 411 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orelusi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orelusi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3881:456,55423,263
Italy121:5,096,391108,968
England101:5,571,806158,774
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Orelusi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orelusi occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orelusi? popularity and diffusion

Orelusi is the 712,393rd most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 17,731,255 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Orelusi are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 388 people, or 1 in 456,554. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 39 percent reside, Ekiti, where 24 percent reside and Osun, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Italy, where 3 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Orelusi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Orelusi surname is chiefly Christian (98%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oreluissi881/
Oralusi8656/
Orolusi861/
Erelusi861/
Arrelusi801/
Arilusi7111/
Orelise711/
Orilisi711/
Areluse711/
Herolusi676/
Areleuse671/
Arrelusea638/
Horolischi591/
Oraluze576/
Orilosa572/
Erelise571/
Araluse571/
Eraluse571/
Oraluce571/
Arreluce5350/
Arileusa531/
Arrelucé531/
Arelucea531/
Arrelucea50912/
Arreluzea503/

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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 Orelusi
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