Orok Surname
Approximately 8,602 people bear this surname
Orok Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8,166 | 1:21,693 | 1,949 |
| Indonesia | 210 | 1:629,758 | 49,645 |
| Cameroon | 68 | 1:305,427 | 28,416 |
| United States | 36 | 1:10,068,304 | 413,125 |
| Philippines | 34 | 1:2,977,595 | 140,497 |
| Canada | 26 | 1:1,417,138 | 98,245 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Örok (1) are calculated separately.
Orok (2,526) may also be a first name.
Orok Demographics
Orok Political Affiliation
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Orok Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orok Come From? nationality or country of origin
Orok (Russian: Орок) is found most in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant: Örok. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Orok? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 58,711th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 847,192 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Orok live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Orok is also the 146,758th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 2,526 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 8,166 people, or 1 in 21,693. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Cross River, where 52 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 35 percent reside and Lagos, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 25 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 2 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Orok Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Orok has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Orok surname grew 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Orok Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Orok last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 75% registered with the party.
The amount Orok earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.9% less than the national average, earning $41,897 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.42% more than the national average, earning $55,355 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Orok Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Orok in the Russian language | ||
| Орок | orok | - |
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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 Orok
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