Oruame Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Oruame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 118 | 1:1,501,210 | 57,254 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Oruame (35) may also be a first name.
Oruame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oruame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oruame is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oruame? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,666,404th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. The last name Oruame is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oruame are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oruame is also the 1,744,716th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 35 people.
The last name Oruame is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 118 people, or 1 in 1,501,210. In Nigeria Oruame is mostly concentrated in: Edo, where 37 percent are found, Lagos, where 17 percent are found and Plateau, where 12 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Oruame exists in one country. It also occurs in Italy, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oruamhe | 92 | 10 | / |
| Oruam | 91 | 9 | / |
| Oruama | 83 | 1,015 | / |
| Orwuam | 83 | 6 | / |
| Oruami | 83 | 4 | / |
| Aruame | 83 | 2 | / |
| Aruamea | 77 | 5 | / |
| Oruhama | 77 | 2 | / |
| Oruomea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oruamma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ouruama | 77 | 1 | / |
| Orbam | 73 | 253 | / |
| Orwam | 73 | 47 | / |
| Orvam | 73 | 4 | / |
| Aruam | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gooruham | 71 | 1 | / |
| Uruama | 67 | 51 | / |
| Orbaum | 67 | 50 | / |
| Oruoma | 67 | 15 | / |
| Aruama | 67 | 11 | / |
| Orbome | 67 | 4 | / |
| Uruome | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eruome | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aruome | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gorwam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orwama | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orbaam | 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 Oruame
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis