Orinya Surname

127,140th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,570 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orinya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orinya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,5631:49,7173,813
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
England21:27,859,030389,889
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Orinya (597) may also be a first name.

Orinya Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orinya is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orinya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 127,140th most prevalent surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 2,041,329 people. Orinya occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Orinya live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Orinya is also the 342,194th most frequently held given name on earth, borne by 597 people.

This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,563 people, or 1 in 49,717. In Nigeria Orinya is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 45 percent live, Ebonyi, where 15 percent live and Enugu, where 8 percent live. Not including Nigeria Orinya occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orienya9222/
Orinyah923/
Oreinya921/
Orrinya921/
Gorinya921/
Orinyo83574/
Orinia8395/
Arinya8311/
Orenya832/
Origna831/
Orinea831/
Gorynya77165/
Orini'a7714/
Orinias778/
Garinya772/
Harinya772/
Horinja771/
Gurinya771/
Horigna771/
Oreanya771/
Otrinyo771/
Orginia771/
Oriña731,516/
Orenaiya7138/
Hoorinia719/
Gorginia711/
Ourignat711/
Orenia67557/
Orenyo67214/
Orenja67202/
Arinyo6771/
Orenha6755/
Orinio6735/
Orineo6712/
Oreñia6710/
Urinia679/
Arinia676/
Orinjo675/
Orenea675/
Oregna674/
Gorginnia673/
Arinja673/
Urenya673/
Arenya672/
Arinha671/
Urinea671/

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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 Orinya
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