Orota Surname
Approximately 278 people bear this surname
Orota Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 200 | 1:264,708 | 21,070 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Orota (38) may also be a first name.
Orota Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orota Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orota has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orota? popularity and diffusion
The surname Orota is the 942,947th most frequently held family name globally, held by around 1 in 26,214,194 people. Orota occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Orota reside; 78 percent reside in East Africa and 77 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Orota is also the 1,662,754th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 38 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 200 people, or 1 in 264,708. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 93 percent live, Manyara Region, where 2 percent live and Singida Region, where 2 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent live and Nigeria, where 5 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 Orota
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