Orewa Surname

1,073,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 231 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Orewa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orewa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2091:847,57337,299
United States101:36,245,893832,629
England31:18,572,686338,250
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Orewa (29) may also be a first name.

Orewa Last Name Facts

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

Orewa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Orewa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,073,555th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 31,547,818 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Orewa live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Orewa is also the 1,951,561st most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 29 people.

Orewa is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 209 people, or 1 in 847,573. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Edo, where 21 percent live, Delta, where 21 percent live and Lagos, where 18 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Orewa Last Name Statistics demography

Orewa earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 22.15% more than the national average, earning $52,708 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oriewa912/
Oreway911/
Orhewa911/
Oreuwa911/
Orechwa8387/
Oreiway831/
Gorewaj831/
Arewa805,773/
Erewa801,122/
Oreva80616/
Oreba80324/
Oriwa80254/
Orawa8083/
Orewo8040/
Orewe8013/
Urewa805/
Orewi801/
Orywa801/
Goreva736,335/
Horeva73740/
Oraeva73174/
Ohreba7399/
Orawua7393/
Arewah7392/
Horawa7388/
Oreewi7371/
Oriewe7359/
Orovea7356/
Oroeva7338/
Oraway7337/
Herewa7336/
Oreweh7332/
Orowua7326/
Orowai7324/
Oriewo7318/
Orawai7316/
Erewai7315/
Arewat7315/
Oreeva7314/
Orieva7313/
Oroway7312/
Arewai7312/
Orevad7311/
Orhewo7311/
Orehva739/
Arewad739/
Oreawo739/
Oroywa739/
Erewua737/
Oreiba736/
Erewah735/
Ariewa734/
Oreaba734/
Horiwa733/
Harewa733/
Oreiwi733/
Orowha732/
Oribea732/
Oreeba732/
Oravea731/
Hurewa731/
Gurewa731/
Areiwa731/
Arewas731/
Uoreva731/
Orewei731/
Oreswe731/
Araewa731/
Orivea731/
Orowea731/
Oryowa731/
Oreava731/
Oriwas731/
Oureba731/
Orebay731/
Ereway731/
Oroewo731/
Areuwa731/
Erewha731/
Ohreva731/
Horoiwa67617/
Goreeva67597/
Orechwo67136/
Horowai67110/
Haerewa67106/
Orzieva6762/
Horevaj6758/
Horeeva6748/
Oriowha6737/
Orheeva6731/
Gorgeva6725/
Horaeva6718/
Oroewho6716/
Oriohwa6716/
Horevay6713/
Orebeau6711/
Orhohwa6711/
Erejwua6711/
Gareway6710/
Horowaj6710/
Orechva679/
Oureiba679/
Horoway677/
Orrevad676/
Orrowua674/
Orhaeva674/
Ohyreva674/
Areewat674/
Orzheva672/
Oroewoh672/
Horoywa672/
Ourebah672/
Orewett671/
Harewad671/
Aarewad671/
Orheiva671/
Houriwa671/
Orhewer671/
Urewhea671/
Oreavis670/

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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 Orewa
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