Orisah Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Orisah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 114 | 1:1,553,884 | 58,636 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Orisah (21) may also be a first name.
Orisah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orisah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Orisah is found most in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orisah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,701,480th most numerous surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Orisah live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly held first name on earth, held by 21 people.
The surname Orisah is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 114 people, or 1 in 1,553,884. In Nigeria Orisah is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 53 percent are found, Kaduna, where 13 percent are found and Plateau, where 12 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Orisah
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