Orighoye Surname
Approximately 217 people bear this surname
Orighoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 216 | 1:820,105 | 36,398 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Orighoye (270) may also be a first name.
Orighoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orighoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orighoye is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Orighoye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orighoye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,118,459th most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 33,583,161 people. Orighoye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Orighoye are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Orighoye is also the 541,116th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 270 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 216 people, or 1 in 820,105. In Nigeria Orighoye is most common in: Delta, where 96 percent reside, Lagos, where 1 percent reside and Edo, where 0 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in Spain, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erighoye | 88 | 1 | / |
| Orighaye | 88 | 1 | / |
| Origoya | 80 | 87 | / |
| Erigoye | 80 | 4 | / |
| Herigoye | 75 | 39 | / |
| Arighaye | 75 | 15 | / |
| Origheje | 75 | 15 | / |
| Orighaje | 75 | 1 | / |
| Erigoy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gorigae | 67 | 204 | / |
| Ourigou | 67 | 134 | / |
| Gorigay | 67 | 21 | / |
| Arrigoy | 67 | 12 | / |
| Gorigey | 67 | 9 | / |
| Erigoyi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Eregoye | 67 | 4 | / |
| Origuey | 67 | 3 | / |
| Erigoya | 67 | 2 | / |
| Arighay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arigoya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Erigaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goregoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Erreighaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orughey | 67 | 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 Orighoye
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