Orole Surname
Approximately 472 people bear this surname
Orole Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 411 | 1:431,004 | 22,235 |
| Latvia | 42 | 1:48,811 | 7,408 |
| Belgium | 15 | 1:766,443 | 63,354 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Orolé (14) are calculated separately.
Orole (10) may also be a first name.
Orole Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orole Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Orole is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Orolé. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orole? popularity and diffusion
It is the 642,991st most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 15,439,716 people. Orole is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Orole reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 10 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 411 people, or 1 in 431,004. In Nigeria Orole is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 64 percent are found, Lagos, where 13 percent are found and Edo, where 8 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Orole occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Latvia, where 9 percent are found and Belgium, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Orole
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