Oritu Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Oritu Surname User-submission:
The Oritu surname means 'happiness', 'lucky'. Short story about the name there was this hunter that is always lucky. He used to hunt different kinds of games but he never hunt a bust rat (etu). Then one day He went gaming again and he lucky found a bush rat (etu) instead of killing it.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 61 | 1:2,903,980 | 91,283 |
Oritu Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Oritu surname means 'happiness', 'lucky'. Short story about the name there was this hunter that is always lucky. He used to hunt different kinds of games but he never hunt a bust rat (etu). Then one day He went gaming again and he lucky found a bush rat (etu) instead of killing it. He went back home with a life bush rat (etu) and he celebrated it. Since then his hunter friend named him Oretudafila, when he luckily hurt a bush rat he celebrated it elaborately. But has time goes on his great grandchildren shorten the name to Oritu (lucky).
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| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oritou | 91 | 1 | / |
| Goritu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Orithu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Uritu | 80 | 596 | / |
| Orutu | 80 | 425 | / |
| Eritu | 80 | 342 | / |
| Oretu | 80 | 72 | / |
| Aritu | 80 | 65 | / |
| Horithou | 77 | 6 | / |
| Horaitou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ourietou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Garitu | 73 | 1,449 | / |
| Aristu | 73 | 695 | / |
| Aritus | 73 | 146 | / |
| Erittu | 73 | 80 | / |
| Ariotu | 73 | 34 | / |
| Uritus | 73 | 20 | / |
| Aritau | 73 | 15 | / |
| Haritu | 73 | 6 | / |
| Eritou | 73 | 5 | / |
| Erritu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Orethu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Orhutu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Asritu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Aritut | 73 | 1 | / |
| Arietu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Urietu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oruetu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aritou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ariztu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Orestu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oretup | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oritoo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uraitu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eraitu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Haritou | 67 | 140 | / |
| Aristou | 67 | 133 | / |
| Aristeu | 67 | 133 | / |
| Aristud | 67 | 60 | / |
| Haristu | 67 | 46 | / |
| Harittu | 67 | 39 | / |
| Haritus | 67 | 13 | / |
| Orestus | 67 | 10 | / |
| Garitou | 67 | 6 | / |
| Aristus | 67 | 5 | / |
| Garittu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hareitu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Horetou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Areitou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heritau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gourraitou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aarritu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arzitou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Euritus | 67 | 0 | / |
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