Oritseje Surname

876,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 308 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oritseje Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oritseje Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2981:594,43928,543
England51:11,143,612252,590
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Oritseje (35) may also be a first name.

Oritseje Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oritseje occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oritseje? popularity and diffusion

Oritseje is the 876,631st most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 23,660,863 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Oritseje are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oritseje is also the 1,744,716th most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 35 people.

This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 298 people, or 1 in 594,439. In Nigeria Oritseje is most prevalent in: Delta, where 75 percent are found, Cross River, where 7 percent are found and Ogun, where 6 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oritsheje9411/
Oritsehje941/
Ortseje931/
Oritsejo8821/
Oritseju8816/
Oritseji881/
Oritseye881/
Oritsawe7511/
Horitsuji715/
Orichedje711/
Uratsuji50109/

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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 Oritseje
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