Orieke Surname
Approximately 531 people bear this surname
Orieke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 530 | 1:334,232 | 18,224 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Orieke (114) may also be a first name.
Orieke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orieke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Orieke is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Orieke.
How Common Is The Last Name Orieke? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 588,441st most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 13,724,192 people. The last name Orieke occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Orieke are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Orieke is also the 877,214th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 114 people.
The last name Orieke is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 530 people, or 1 in 334,232. In Nigeria it is most common in: Abia, where 57 percent live, Rivers, where 11 percent live and Delta, where 9 percent live. Barring Nigeria Orieke exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 0 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 Orieke
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