Orowa Surname
Approximately 213 people bear this surname
Orowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 136 | 1:1,302,520 | 51,596 |
| Philippines | 31 | 1:3,265,749 | 145,701 |
| Niger | 20 | 1:959,601 | 21,357 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Orowa (50) may also be a first name.
Orowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orowa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orowa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,133,308th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 34,213,831 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Orowa are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 64 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 50 people.
Orowa is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 1,302,520. In Nigeria Orowa is primarily concentrated in: Ondo, where 32 percent are found, Benue, where 32 percent are found and Sokoto, where 10 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 15 percent are found and Niger, where 9 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 Orowa
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