Orioye Surname
Approximately 945 people bear this surname
Orioye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 939 | 1:188,650 | 11,449 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Orioye (452) may also be a first name.
Orioye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orioye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orioye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orioye? popularity and diffusion
Orioye is the 378,019th most widespread surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 7,711,689 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Orioye reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Orioye is also the 402,268th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 452 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 939 people, or 1 in 188,650. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 35 percent live, Osun, where 27 percent live and Ondo, where 12 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and Australia, where 0 percent live.
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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 Orioye
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