Orewere Surname

993,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 258 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orewere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orewere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2571:689,27131,915
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Orewere Last Name Facts

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

Orewere is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Orewere.

How Common Is The Last Name Orewere? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 993,593rd most widespread last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 28,246,302 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Orewere live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 257 people, or 1 in 689,271. In Nigeria Orewere is most prevalent in: Edo, where 49 percent are found, Delta, where 29 percent are found and Plateau, where 5 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in Norway, where 0 percent are found.

Orewere Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orhewere93540/
Orewerre931/
Ohrewere931/
Orowere8682/
Erewere863/
Urewere861/
Oriwere861/
Orhewer861/
Orieware8079/
Herewere804/
Orhewera803/
Arewhere802/
Orheware801/
Oreber771/
Orever771/
Orhiwhere7511/
Oroware7114/
Ereware7111/
Areware713/
Orovere712/
Arowere711/
Urebere711/
Orivere711/
Oreveri711/
Orevare711/
Oriware711/
Ereweri711/
Orewari711/
Errevere6713/
Erowhere673/
Erewhare673/
Erhowere673/
Eereware671/
Orowhare671/
Orhiwhre671/
Areebire671/

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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 Orewere
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