Oroka Surname
Approximately 206 people bear this surname
Oroka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 178 | 1:995,184 | 42,110 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Oroka (62) may also be a first name.
Oroka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oroka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oroka is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oroka? popularity and diffusion
Oroka is the 1,159,732nd most common family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 35,376,436 people. Oroka is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Oroka live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 62 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 178 people, or 1 in 995,184. In Nigeria Oroka is primarily found in: Delta, where 33 percent live, Ondo, where 22 percent live and Ebonyi, where 12 percent live. Not including Nigeria Oroka is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 7 percent live and Ukraine, where 2 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 Oroka
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