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 surname Orieke is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Orieke click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orieke? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 588,441st most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 13,724,192 people. Orieke is primarily found 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. It is also the 877,214th most frequently used forename throughout the world It is held by 114 people.
Orieke is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 530 people, or 1 in 334,232. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Abia, where 57 percent reside, Rivers, where 11 percent reside and Delta, where 9 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 0 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 Orieke
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