Orishela Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orishela Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orishela Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
India31:255,688,4611,306,352

Orishela Last Name Facts

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

The last name Orishela is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Orishela click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orishela? popularity and diffusion

Orishela is the 5,391,485th most frequent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Orishela occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Orishela are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Orishela is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria Orishela is primarily concentrated in: Edo, where 90 percent reside and Delta, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in India, where 23 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
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  • 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 Orishela
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