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 is most common in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Orieka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orieka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,058,336th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Orieka live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 231 people, or 1 in 766,852. In Nigeria Orieka is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 74 percent reside, Edo, where 11 percent reside and Lagos, where 9 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Orieka occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent reside.
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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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