Orshiga Surname
Approximately 186 people bear this surname
Orshiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 169 | 1:1,048,182 | 43,882 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
Orshiga (81) may also be a first name.
Orshiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orshiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orshiga is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orshiga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Orshiga is the 1,244,200th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Orshiga are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Orshiga is also the 1,068,082nd most commonly held forename at a global level, borne by 81 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 169 people, or 1 in 1,048,182. In Nigeria Orshiga is most frequent in: Benue, where 89 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 10 percent reside and Kogi, where 1 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orshinga | 93 | 1 | / |
| Orsiga | 92 | 1 | / |
| Orshighga | 88 | 1 | / |
| Orzhiga | 86 | 2 | / |
| Gorsiga | 86 | 1 | / |
| Orshinge | 80 | 1 | / |
| Orciga | 77 | 259 | / |
| Orsega | 77 | 82 | / |
| Arsiga | 77 | 53 | / |
| Orsuga | 77 | 17 | / |
| Ersiga | 77 | 17 | / |
| Orjiga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Orséga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ursiga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Harshinga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Archiga | 71 | 33 | / |
| Orsuega | 71 | 15 | / |
| Arshigi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Arsigah | 71 | 2 | / |
| Arsiega | 71 | 1 | / |
| Orchige | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hershega | 67 | 13 | / |
| Arshingi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Orcheega | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orshenge | 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
- 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 Orshiga
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