Oruby Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Scotland

Oruby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oruby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Oruby Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Oruby Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Oruby is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oruby? popularity and diffusion

The last name Oruby is the 5,587,209th most frequently used surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Oruby is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Oruby reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Oruby is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 100 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Scotland, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Horuby915/
Orusby910/
Orgubay831/
Orube80570/
Oruba80504/
Oriby80126/
Orubi8068/
Aruby809/
Oroby805/
Ottrubay773/
Orobey73527/
Oruebi73162/
Oroube73121/
Erubay7384/
Urguby7370/
Orobiy7335/
Oruebe7327/
Urubay7326/
Orubie7321/
Orubio7317/
Orouba7317/
Oruboi7311/
Orieby739/
Gorube735/
Heruby735/
Oroboy734/
Arubay734/
Horuba733/
Gorubi733/
Urubey733/
Erubey732/
Otrubi732/
Ouruba731/
Arubyi731/
Oruibi731/
Oribiy731/
Oruber731/
Héruby731/
Harouby67894/
Horobyi67419/
Orunpay6726/
Uruçbay6717/
Arubaya6710/
Ourouba675/
Gorubio673/
Gorubai672/
Garubay672/
Ouroube671/
Horobey671/
Orheuba671/
Goruvey671/
Oraubie671/
Arubayı671/
Horobyy671/

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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 Oruby
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