Orotu Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Orotu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 45 | 1:181,194 | 25,163 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Orotu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orotu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orotu is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orotu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,776,799th most frequently held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname Orotu is mostly found in Oceania, where 92 percent of Orotu live; 92 percent live in Oceania Islands and 92 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The surname Orotu is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 181,194. In Papua New Guinea Orotu is most frequent in: Northern, where 100 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea Orotu is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 6 percent live and Uganda, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gorotu | 91 | 20 | / |
| Oruotu | 91 | 14 | / |
| Horotu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Horotud | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ourotou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gorottu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Orutu | 80 | 425 | / |
| Erotu | 80 | 167 | / |
| Arotu | 80 | 153 | / |
| Oretu | 80 | 72 | / |
| Urotu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Oratu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Erothu | 73 | 303 | / |
| Aruotu | 73 | 46 | / |
| Eerotu | 73 | 19 | / |
| Oratou | 73 | 16 | / |
| Orastu | 73 | 8 | / |
| Errotu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Orethu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Orhutu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gurotu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Aroutu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ouratu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Utrotu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Arothu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oratus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eroutu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ouratou | 67 | 296 | / |
| Horatau | 67 | 113 | / |
| Eerothu | 67 | 34 | / |
| Gurottu | 67 | 28 | / |
| Oruçtut | 67 | 13 | / |
| Oratthu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Goruttu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Errothu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Arrothu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Erotheu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arotuha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orastus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eurotus | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Orotu
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