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

The last name Orobor is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Orobor click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orobor? popularity and diffusion

The surname Orobor is the 306,393rd most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 5,905,629 people. The surname 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 prevalent given name at a global level. It is borne by 85 people.

Orobor is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,199 people, or 1 in 147,742. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Edo, where 88 percent are found, Delta, where 4 percent are found and Lagos, where 2 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

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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