Orouba Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Orouba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
Orouba (387) may also be a first name.
Orouba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orouba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Orouba is found most in Benin. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orouba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Orouba is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Orouba are found; 76 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 440,394th most commonly used forename on earth, held by 387 people.
The surname is most widely held in Benin, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 795,046. In Benin Orouba is mostly found in: Atakora Department, where 100 percent are found. Not including Benin this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Egypt, where 24 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
- 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 Orouba
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