Orife Surname

541,435th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 593 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orife Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orife Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5271:336,13418,303
Argentina311:1,378,82078,351
England131:4,286,005132,302
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Wales41:773,63329,106
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Orife (72) may also be a first name.

Orife Last Name Facts

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

The last name Orife is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Orife click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orife? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 541,435th most commonly used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 12,289,285 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Orife are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Orife is also the 1,143,416th most frequent given name at a global level. It is borne by 72 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 527 people, or 1 in 336,134. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 61 percent are found, Delta, where 11 percent are found and Lagos, where 8 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 5 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Orife Last Name Statistics demography

Orife earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 71.32% less than the national average, earning $12,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orifie9132/
Oriefe9114/
Oriofe915/
Oorife914/
Oreife911/
Orifer911/
Gorife911/
Orifes911/
Orif89751/
Oreifie8314/
Oreifej837/
Oraifej834/
Oriefie831/
Ouriffe830/
Oraif802,160/
Arife801,089/
Orifa80809/
Orief80230/
Oreif80124/
Ourif8077/
Erife8067/
Orufe8063/
Orifi8017/
Horif8015/
Oriev806/
Orrif804/
Oriff802/
Gorif801/
Orefe801/
Orafe801/
Oriew801/
Orify801/
O'Reiffe770/
Harife731,618/
Outrif73240/
Garife73235/
Orziev73186/
Orhiev7330/
Orifij7320/
Arifee7317/
Arrife7316/
Horifa7315/
Oriphe7313/
Arifie7310/
Arifer7310/
Orifha7310/
Orifii739/
Arifea737/
Oraifi736/
Oriefi733/
Orifiy732/
Hourif732/
Eriefe732/
Arifeh732/
Goriof732/
Arifed732/
Ariffe732/
Ourief731/
Oriffy731/
Orreif731/
Goraif731/
Orzifi731/
Orefie731/
Orifsh731/
Arifes731/
Horiff731/
Oroufe731/
Oriofi731/
Orefei731/
Orhafe731/
Arifet731/
Ourzif731/
Oruefe731/
Ourifa731/
Ourifi731/
Goriff730/
Oriffs730/
Orieff730/
Arif67781,710/
Orifova675,566/
Oreb67465/
Ourzifi67457/
Oeraify67285/
Oref67199/
Orib67102/
Orev6787/
Arifeae6782/
Arrifes6775/
Ereifej6751/
Ourieff6718/
Đorđiev6712/
Orew6711/
Urhiefe6711/
Ariffie6710/
Oriv679/
Orifaia677/
Oriffis671/
Oreeffe671/
Herrife671/
Herifey671/
Heriffe671/
Gariffe671/
Harifei671/
Goriffi671/
Aariffe671/
Hoerefe671/
Arisfei671/
Oriw671/
Ariffeh671/
Ariffei671/
O'Reefe670/
O'Reffe670/
O'Ruffe670/
Garrife670/

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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 Orife
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