Oriu Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Oriu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
Oriu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oriu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oriu is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oriu? popularity and diffusion
Oriu is the 4,772,636th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 53 percent of Oriu reside; 53 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 53 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
This last name is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 905,969. In Papua New Guinea Oriu is most frequent in: Bougainville, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea it occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 47 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orius | 89 | 446 | / |
| Orihu | 89 | 160 | / |
| Oriue | 89 | 67 | / |
| Orgiu | 89 | 62 | / |
| Goriu | 89 | 33 | / |
| Orjiu | 89 | 3 | / |
| Orieu | 89 | 2 | / |
| Horiu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Oriju | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ojriu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Horiju | 80 | 177 | / |
| Horoiu | 80 | 140 | / |
| Oriohu | 80 | 76 | / |
| Goriou | 80 | 47 | / |
| Ouriou | 80 | 44 | / |
| Orogiu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Orheiu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Horius | 80 | 2 | / |
| Oreius | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ouroiu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Osrius | 80 | 1 | / |
| Orijus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oragiu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oriuee | 80 | 1 | / |
| Orrius | 80 | 1 | / |
| Orjiud | 80 | 1 | / |
| Horieu | 80 | 0 | / |
| Ariu | 75 | 1,345 | / |
| Eriu | 75 | 256 | / |
| Uriu | 75 | 131 | / |
| Oryu | 75 | 6 | / |
| Orju | 75 | 4 | / |
| Gouriou | 73 | 2,876 | / |
| Horhoiu | 73 | 59 | / |
| Horihau | 73 | 12 | / |
| Houriou | 73 | 12 | / |
| Horiuch | 73 | 2 | / |
| Horijus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gorajiu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gouroiu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Orihush | 73 | 1 | / |
| Houriua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hourihu | 73 | 0 | / |
| Arius | 67 | 1,347 | / |
| Erriu | 67 | 1,245 | / |
| Gorju | 67 | 328 | / |
| Hariu | 67 | 167 | / |
| Arriu | 67 | 167 | / |
| Arieu | 67 | 152 | / |
| Ariou | 67 | 144 | / |
| Ariju | 67 | 135 | / |
| Oroju | 67 | 96 | / |
| Horju | 67 | 78 | / |
| Orehu | 67 | 72 | / |
| Erieu | 67 | 72 | / |
| Aroiu | 67 | 49 | / |
| Oryue | 67 | 44 | / |
| Horyu | 67 | 40 | / |
| Oreau | 67 | 39 | / |
| Arihu | 67 | 29 | / |
| Urius | 67 | 19 | / |
| Ariue | 67 | 14 | / |
| Oryua | 67 | 8 | / |
| Gariu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Heriu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Argiu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Asriu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Eriju | 67 | 4 | / |
| Huriu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Erjiu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aariu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Orjui | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oruju | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oréus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oryou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orjeu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Urihu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goryu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ereiu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oroyu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Urieu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aruiu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arjiu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guriu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Oriu
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