Oroko Surname
Approximately 2,599 people bear this surname
Oroko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,611 | 1:28,665 | 3,175 |
| Nigeria | 880 | 1:201,299 | 12,059 |
| Papua New Guinea | 76 | 1:107,286 | 14,507 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Oroko (486) may also be a first name.
Oroko Demographics
Oroko Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Oroko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oroko Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oroko occurs most in Kenya. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oroko? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 166,519th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,803,981 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Oroko reside; 63 percent reside in East Africa and 37 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Oroko is also the 385,570th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 486 people.
This last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 1,611 people, or 1 in 28,665. In Kenya Oroko is most frequent in: Kisii County, where 47 percent are found, Nyamira County, where 29 percent are found and Migori County, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Kenya it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 34 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found.
Oroko Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Oroko last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Oroko
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