Orou-Yerima Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Orou-Yerima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
The alternate forms: Orou-Yérima (1) are calculated separately.
Orou-Yerima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orou-Yerima Come From? nationality or country of origin
Orou-Yerima is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Orou-Yérima. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Orou-Yerima? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most widely held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name Orou-Yerima is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Orou-Yerima live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Benin, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 738,257. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Alibori Department, where 43 percent live, Borgou Department, where 43 percent live and Atakora Department, where 7 percent live. Apart from Benin Orou-Yerima occurs in one country. It is also found in Japan, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orou-Yérima | 97 | 1 | / |
| Orouyerima | 95 | 28 | / |
| Orou-Yarima | 91 | 1 | / |
| Yarou-Yerima | 87 | 1 | / |
| Yaru-Yerima | 82 | 1 | / |
| Yarouyerima | 82 | 1 | / |
| Orerima | 78 | 1 | / |
| Ororma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Yororimah | 70 | 1 | / |
| Oruruma | 67 | 33 | / |
| Orerema | 67 | 11 | / |
| Orerime | 67 | 11 | / |
| Oriy Rimah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Orerhim | 67 | 2 | / |
| Urerima | 67 | 1 | / |
| Irorima | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ororuma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yori-Orima | 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
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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 Orou-Yerima
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