Oriye Surname
Approximately 313 people bear this surname
Oriye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 310 | 1:571,428 | 27,680 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Oriye (130) may also be a first name.
Oriye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oriye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oriye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Oriye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oriye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 866,642nd most frequent surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 23,282,894 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oriye reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 814,623rd most frequently used given name throughout the world. It is borne by 130 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 310 people, or 1 in 571,428. In Nigeria it is most common in: Rivers, where 59 percent reside, Ekiti, where 22 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 1 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Oriye
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