Oriwoh Surname

919,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 288 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oriwoh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oriwoh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2821:628,16629,753
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oriowoh922/
Oriwo91564/
Orivoh8357/
Oriewo8318/
Oriboh833/
Ariwoh832/
Oriwou831/
Otriwo831/
Oriowha7737/
Oriohwa7716/
Ooriowo774/
Oriohwo771/
Oribo73782/
Oriwa73254/
Ariwo73217/
Orivo73131/
Orewo7340/
Oruwo7334/
Eriwo733/
Orribo6792/
Ariwah6754/
Arewoh6744/
Gorivo6739/
Oriova6713/
Orhewo6711/
Oreawo679/
Ariewo679/
Orijuo677/
Asriwo674/
Orrivo674/
Horiwa673/
Oraivo673/
Ariwod673/
Ariwou672/
Oriewa672/
Orihba671/
Arivoh671/
Oruhwo671/
Oruwho671/
Oriboi671/
Oriwas671/
Ariwoo671/
Eriwho671/

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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 Oriwoh
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