Oriwoh Surname
Approximately 288 people bear this surname
Oriwoh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 282 | 1:628,166 | 29,753 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Oriwoh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oriwoh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oriwoh is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oriwoh? popularity and diffusion
Oriwoh is the 919,444th most common surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 25,303,979 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Oriwoh reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Oriwoh is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 282 people, or 1 in 628,166. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Edo, where 45 percent are found, Lagos, where 24 percent are found and Sokoto, where 13 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oriowoh | 92 | 2 | / |
| Oriwo | 91 | 564 | / |
| Orivoh | 83 | 57 | / |
| Oriewo | 83 | 18 | / |
| Oriboh | 83 | 3 | / |
| Ariwoh | 83 | 2 | / |
| Oriwou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Otriwo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Oriowha | 77 | 37 | / |
| Oriohwa | 77 | 16 | / |
| Ooriowo | 77 | 4 | / |
| Oriohwo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oribo | 73 | 782 | / |
| Oriwa | 73 | 254 | / |
| Ariwo | 73 | 217 | / |
| Orivo | 73 | 131 | / |
| Orewo | 73 | 40 | / |
| Oruwo | 73 | 34 | / |
| Eriwo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Orribo | 67 | 92 | / |
| Ariwah | 67 | 54 | / |
| Arewoh | 67 | 44 | / |
| Gorivo | 67 | 39 | / |
| Oriova | 67 | 13 | / |
| Orhewo | 67 | 11 | / |
| Oreawo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ariewo | 67 | 9 | / |
| Orijuo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Asriwo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Orrivo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Horiwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Oraivo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ariwod | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ariwou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oriewa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Orihba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arivoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oruhwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oruwho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oriboi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oriwas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ariwoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eriwho | 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
- 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 Oriwoh
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