Oriekwu Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Oriekwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Oriekwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oriekwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oriekwu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oriekwu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,957,383rd most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Oriekwu reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 7,380,948. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Rivers, where 92 percent are found, Adamawa, where 4 percent are found and Niger, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orekwu | 92 | 99 | / |
| Oreakwu | 86 | 7 | / |
| Orjikwu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Horiokwu | 80 | 7 | / |
| Orihegwu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Orjiegwu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Arikwu | 77 | 84 | / |
| Orukwu | 77 | 65 | / |
| Arekwu | 77 | 41 | / |
| Oregwu | 77 | 8 | / |
| Erikwu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Origwu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Urekwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Erekwu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Orukwou | 71 | 3 | / |
| Oruegwu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ariskwu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Aridkwu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oriegbu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Orjiegbu | 67 | 20 | / |
| Orugwu | 62 | 120 | / |
| Origbu | 62 | 65 | / |
| Oregbu | 62 | 36 | / |
| Uregwu | 62 | 29 | / |
| Arukwu | 62 | 8 | / |
| Eregwu | 62 | 4 | / |
| Urigwu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Aregwu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Oreagbu | 57 | 3 | / |
| Oreegbu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Oraigbu | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 Oriekwu
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