Orkaa Surname
Approximately 2,098 people bear this surname
Orkaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,095 | 1:84,555 | 5,953 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
Orkaa (435) may also be a first name.
Orkaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orkaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Orkaa is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Orkaa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 199,116th most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 3,473,568 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Orkaa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 411,176th most frequently used forename on earth, borne by 435 people.
The surname Orkaa is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,095 people, or 1 in 84,555. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 88 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 3 percent are found and Taraba, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Orkaa
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