Orkey Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Orkey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Örkey (6) are calculated separately.
Orkey Demographics
Average Orkey Salary in
United States
$84,792 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Orkey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orkey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Orkey (Marathi: ओरके, Russian: Оркей) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Örkey. For other potential spellings of Orkey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orkey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,602,217th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Orkey are found; 37 percent are found in West Africa and 37 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Akwa Ibom, where 64 percent live and Benue, where 36 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 30 percent live and Egypt, where 13 percent live.
Orkey Last Name Statistics demography
Orkey earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 96.51% more than the national average, earning $84,792 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Orkey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Orkey in the Marathi language | ||
| ओरके | orake | - |
| Orkey in the Russian language | ||
| Оркей | orkej | - |
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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 Orkey
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