Oreniyi Surname

723,769th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 402 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oreniyi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oreniyi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4001:442,85722,710
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080

Oreniyi (20) may also be a first name.

Oreniyi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oreniyi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oreniyi? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 723,769th most frequently used last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,128,224 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oreniyi reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oreniyi is also the 2,446,817th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 20 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 400 people, or 1 in 442,857. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ogun, where 45 percent live, Lagos, where 39 percent live and Oyo, where 5 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Goreniya802/
Orenay774/
Orenye773/
Orenie772/
Orenoy771/
Orenoi771/
Oreneye71102/
Orenaya7152/
Gorenoi7113/
Oranyia7111/
Gorenoy715/
Oriniyo713/
Horenoi712/
Orenois711/
Oreanye711/
Oraniye711/
Areniyo711/
Orgenie711/
Oraniya711/
Gorenaya6727/
Orhaniye6714/
Gareniya678/
Orini'ia672/
Hareniya672/
Horaniia671/
Oranyiah671/
Horegnai671/
Horoniya671/

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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 Oreniyi
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