Orieka Surname
Approximately 236 people bear this surname
Orieka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 231 | 1:766,852 | 34,601 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
Orieka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orieka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Orieka occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orieka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,058,336th most common surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Orieka live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 231 people, or 1 in 766,852. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 74 percent live, Edo, where 11 percent live and Lagos, where 9 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live.
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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 Orieka
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