Orucha Surname
Approximately 109 people bear this surname
Orucha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Kenya | 42 | 1:1,099,521 | 34,871 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Orucha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orucha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Orucha occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Orucha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orucha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,755,741st most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Orucha live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Orucha is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 3,054,185. In Nigeria Orucha is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 67 percent are found, Kogi, where 19 percent are found and Lagos, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 39 percent are found and Uganda, where 7 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 Orucha
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