Orokia Surname

1,235,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Orokia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orokia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast1851:124,7096,107
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Orokia (13,200) may also be a first name.

Orokia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Orokia is found most in The Ivory Coast. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Orokia.

How Common Is The Last Name Orokia? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,235,409th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 38,763,542 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Orokia reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 50,735th most widely held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 13,200 people.

The surname is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 185 people, or 1 in 124,709. In The Ivory Coast Orokia is most common in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 30 percent live, Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 21 percent live and Savanes District, where 20 percent live. Not including The Ivory Coast it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 1 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Horokia9271/
Ourokia9210/
Oroukia925/
Orhokia921/
Ouroukia861/
Hourokia861/
Horokiea861/
Arokia83170/
Orokya8312/
Orekia833/
Orokio831/
Orakia831/
Arockia77145/
Aurokia772/
Oroquia772/
Arokias772/
Ourakia772/
Oroukio771/
Arokkia771/
Ohrokya771/
Horokya771/
Oraekia771/
Gorakia771/
Gorakhia7128/
Ouroukya711/
Garoukia711/
Arukia67104/
Orukio6743/
Arokya6730/
Arekia6723/
Arakia679/
Erekia676/
Urukia675/
Orekya671/

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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
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  • 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 Orokia
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