Orije Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Orije Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Orije (13) may also be a first name.
Orije Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orije Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Orije has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orije? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,689,253rd most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Orije live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 13 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 30 percent reside, Osun, where 22 percent reside and Benue, where 11 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 25 percent reside and Uganda, where 4 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 Orije
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