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) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Oriah.
How Common Is The Last Name Oriah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,527,735th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of Oriah reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oriah is also the 375,029th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 509 people.
Oriah is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 98 people, or 1 in 1,807,579. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 49 percent reside, Delta, where 11 percent reside and Kaduna, where 8 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 11 percent reside and Kenya, where 6 percent reside.
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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