Orobo Surname

835,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 330 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orobo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orobo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3171:558,81027,182
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224

Orobo (255) may also be a first name.

Orobo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Orobo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Orobo is most common in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Orobo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Orobo is the 835,661st most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 22,083,472 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Orobo reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Orobo is also the 557,860th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 255 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 317 people, or 1 in 558,810. In Nigeria Orobo is most common in: Nasarawa, where 29 percent live, Edo, where 19 percent live and Kano, where 15 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oroboh9137/
Oroboy914/
Oruobo914/
Orobgo913/
Oroboi912/
Gorobo912/
Orgobo911/
Orobot911/
Oroubo911/
Ourobo911/
Orhobo911/
Oroboha8325/
Goroboy833/
Oroubou833/
Ourobou832/
Arobo801,864/
Orubo801,055/
Orebo80522/
Orovo80430/
Oroba80402/
Orowo8083/
Orabo8036/
Urobo8036/
Erobo8012/
Ouroubou77630/
Hourobou771/
Gouroboi771/
Arrobo732,570/
Horoba731,009/
Goroba73729/
Urhobo73694/
Garobo73217/
Oruboh7382/
Otroba7363/
Arobot7342/
Orobat7337/
Aroboi7326/
Orowho7324/
Orrebo7322/
Orouba7317/
Oruovo7317/
Oruoba7313/
Orubou7313/
Aruobo7312/
Oruboi7311/
Horovo7311/
Orovuo7310/
Uhrobo739/
Eroboi737/
Errobo735/
Harobo733/
Erhobo732/
Ouroba731/
Orooba731/
Orovoy731/
Arobho731/
Ourebo731/
Urohbo731/
Oronpo731/
Oreboy731/
Hurobo731/
Orouwo731/
Aroboy731/
Orovou731/
Gorabo731/
Gorovo731/
Aerobo731/
Aurobo731/
Aroubo731/
Orhovo731/
Orohwo731/
Ehrobo731/
Uroboh731/
Gorovoy672,609/
Horovoi672,502/
Garrobo67732/
Gorovoi6777/
Oruohwo6744/
Ottroba6724/
Gorovoj6719/
Gorabou6715/
Gorouba6712/
Orowhuo678/
Gorowoy677/
Horohuo677/
Oroubah677/
Ourouba675/
Gorooba674/
Orowhou673/
Aeroboy673/
Horompo672/
Horowoj672/
Horovoy672/
Oraboot672/
Orovost671/
Gorobha671/
Orosbat671/
Garoboy671/
Gorowoj671/
Aroubou671/
Orouhwo671/
Oroobah671/
Aroboth671/
Gouroba671/
Uurhobo671/

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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 Orobo
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