Orosun Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Orosun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 184 | 1:962,732 | 41,060 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
Orosun (20) may also be a first name.
Orosun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orosun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orosun occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orosun? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,214,709th most commonly used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Orosun reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 20 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 184 people, or 1 in 962,732. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ondo, where 55 percent reside, Lagos, where 15 percent reside and Adamawa, where 10 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent reside and Iceland, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horosun | 92 | 18 | / |
| Oruosun | 92 | 4 | / |
| Horoszun | 86 | 1 | / |
| Arosun | 83 | 33 | / |
| Oroson | 83 | 13 | / |
| Orocun | 83 | 6 | / |
| Oresun | 83 | 2 | / |
| Orusun | 83 | 2 | / |
| Erosun | 83 | 1 | / |
| Horoschun | 80 | 83 | / |
| Oroshon | 77 | 16 | / |
| Eruosun | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oroisum | 77 | 1 | / |
| Horoshon | 71 | 6 | / |
| Horozhun | 71 | 5 | / |
| Horoison | 71 | 0 | / |
| Erasun | 67 | 547 | / |
| Orazon | 67 | 90 | / |
| Orason | 67 | 41 | / |
| Orozon | 67 | 20 | / |
| Aroson | 67 | 11 | / |
| Arasun | 67 | 7 | / |
| Orajun | 67 | 3 | / |
| Orasum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Erozun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eurosound | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uroson | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oruson | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arojun | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Orosun
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