Orobe Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Orobe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 132 | 1:1,341,991 | 52,761 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Ivory Coast | 23 | 1:1,003,097 | 24,580 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Orobe (25) may also be a first name.
Orobe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orobe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Orobe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orobe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,257,535th most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 39,822,655 people. Orobe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Orobe are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 84 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most common first name at a global level, held by 25 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 1,341,991. In Nigeria Orobe is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 30 percent live, Kano, where 11 percent live and Lagos, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Orobe is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent live.
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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 Orobe
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