Orimaye Surname

807,857th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 346 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orimaye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orimaye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3391:522,54525,784
England71:7,959,723202,100

Orimaye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orimaye is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Orimaye? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 807,857th most frequently held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 21,062,271 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Orimaye reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Orimaye is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 339 people, or 1 in 522,545. In Nigeria Orimaye is mostly concentrated in: Ekiti, where 56 percent reside, Ondo, where 20 percent reside and Lagos, where 12 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in England, 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 Orimaye
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