Oriah Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Oriah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 98 | 1:1,807,579 | 65,389 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Oriah (509) may also be a first name.
Oriah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oriah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oriah (Arabic: أرئية) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oriah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oriah is the 1,527,735th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Oriah live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 375,029th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 509 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 98 people, or 1 in 1,807,579. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 49 percent are found, Delta, where 11 percent are found and Kaduna, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 11 percent are found and Kenya, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oriah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oriah in the Arabic language | ||
| أرئية | aryyt | - |
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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 Oriah
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