Orubo Surname
Approximately 1,055 people bear this surname
Orubo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 915 | 1:193,599 | 11,701 |
| Uganda | 113 | 1:345,480 | 22,807 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Orubo (149) may also be a first name.
Orubo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orubo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Orubo is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orubo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 346,661st most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 6,907,626 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Orubo are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 754,880th most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 149 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 915 people, or 1 in 193,599. In Nigeria Orubo is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 55 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 37 percent are found and Lagos, where 2 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Orubo occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 11 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
Orubo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Orubo has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Orubo surname rose 700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oruboh | 91 | 82 | / |
| Oruebo | 91 | 27 | / |
| Orubou | 91 | 13 | / |
| Oruboi | 91 | 11 | / |
| Orubuo | 91 | 5 | / |
| Oroubo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Oroubou | 83 | 3 | / |
| Oribo | 80 | 782 | / |
| Arubo | 80 | 621 | / |
| Oruba | 80 | 504 | / |
| Orobo | 80 | 330 | / |
| Oruwo | 80 | 34 | / |
| Urubo | 80 | 17 | / |
| Erubo | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ouroubou | 77 | 630 | / |
| Otruba | 73 | 978 | / |
| Orguba | 73 | 518 | / |
| Oriebo | 73 | 227 | / |
| Orribo | 73 | 92 | / |
| Garubo | 73 | 73 | / |
| Goruba | 73 | 59 | / |
| Gurubo | 73 | 35 | / |
| Arubuo | 73 | 34 | / |
| Orunpo | 73 | 21 | / |
| Orouba | 73 | 17 | / |
| Oroboy | 73 | 4 | / |
| Oriboh | 73 | 3 | / |
| Horuba | 73 | 3 | / |
| Oroboi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Oruwho | 73 | 1 | / |
| Orhobo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aroubo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aruebo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ourobo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oruhwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ouruba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eurubo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Orouwo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oriboi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Orubau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Herubo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Arruebo | 67 | 401 | / |
| Oroboha | 67 | 25 | / |
| Garrubo | 67 | 13 | / |
| Gorouba | 67 | 12 | / |
| Orowhuo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Oroubah | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ourouba | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ourobou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aroubou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orheuba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arreubo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orouhwo | 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 Orubo
- 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