Orovu Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Orovu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 47 | 1:173,483 | 24,058 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
Orovu (17) may also be a first name.
Orovu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orovu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Orovu is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orovu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,718,172nd most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Orovu reside; 92 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 92 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Orovu is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 17 people.
This surname is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 173,483. In Papua New Guinea Orovu is most prevalent in: Gulf, where 85 percent are found and National Capital District, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea Orovu occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 8 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
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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 Orovu
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