Orifama Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orifama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orifama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria421:4,217,685117,088
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

Orifama Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Orifama Come From? nationality or country of origin

Orifama is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orifama? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,979,664th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname Orifama is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Orifama reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Orifama is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 4,217,685. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 95 percent reside, Kaduna, where 2 percent reside and Lagos, where 2 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Portugal, 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 Orifama
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