Oreye Surname
Approximately 427 people bear this surname
Oreye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 419 | 1:422,775 | 21,904 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Oreye (71) may also be a first name.
Oreye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oreye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oreye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oreye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oreye is the 692,305th most frequent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 17,066,852 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Oreye are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,152,838th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 71 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 419 people, or 1 in 422,775. In Nigeria Oreye is primarily found in: Edo, where 54 percent are found, Lagos, where 13 percent are found and Delta, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Oreye exists in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Oreye
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