Orepekan Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Orepekan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 120 | 1:1,476,190 | 56,575 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Orepekan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orepekan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Orepekan is most common in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orepekan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,637,889th most numerous surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 59,733,983 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Orepekan are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 120 people, or 1 in 1,476,190. In Nigeria Orepekan is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 91 percent are found and Ogun, where 8 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Orepekan occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orepekun | 88 | 5 | / |
| Orepekon | 88 | 1 | / |
| Iorpkan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Iorpkyaan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Erpekin | 67 | 12 | / |
| Aripkan | 67 | 4 | / |
| Arepkin | 67 | 3 | / |
| Uropkan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Areeb Khan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Erpkane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arpakan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Erepkin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arephakhan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orpogan | 67 | 0 | / |
| Arapakan | 63 | 2 | / |
| Aropakan | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ariphakhan | 56 | 112 | / |
| Araphakhan | 56 | 3 | / |
| Ariphakhann | 53 | 3 | / |
| Hariphakhan | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Orepekan
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