Orobor Surname

306,393rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,234 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orobor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orobor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,1991:147,7429,383
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
England91:6,190,895170,599
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Orobor (85) may also be a first name.

Orobor Last Name Facts

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

Orobor occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Orobor? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 306,393rd most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 5,905,629 people. The surname Orobor occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Orobor live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,039,322nd most frequent first name on earth It is held by 85 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,199 people, or 1 in 147,742. In Nigeria Orobor is most common in: Edo, where 88 percent reside, Delta, where 4 percent reside and Lagos, where 2 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orhobor9281/
Orobuor922/
Gorobor921/
Arobor83469/
Orubor83397/
Orebor8387/
Erobor8329/
Orabor8327/
Orowor833/
Erhobor7735/
Orowhor775/
Orhabor772/
Eruobor772/
Orobure771/
Eroubor771/
Horobar771/
Arobore771/
Orobart771/
Horobare717/
Oroubare713/
Erabor671,390/
Erebor67485/
Arabor67130/
Arebor6787/
Urubor6713/
Orubar671/

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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 Orobor
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