Orijah Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Orijah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Orijah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orijah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Orijah is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orijah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Orijah is the 2,979,664th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Orijah are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Orijah is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 4,320,555. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 39 percent reside, Lagos, where 27 percent reside and Osun, where 15 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 2 percent reside and The United States, 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 Orijah
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