Oruji Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Oruji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Oruji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oruji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oruji (Georgian: ორუჯი) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Oruji.
How Common Is The Last Name Oruji? popularity and diffusion
Oruji is the 3,274,477th most frequent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Oruji are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 5,714,283. In Nigeria Oruji is most common in: Adamawa, where 39 percent live, Rivers, where 32 percent live and Lagos, where 26 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oruji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oruji in the Georgian language | ||
| ორუჯი | oruji | - |
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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 Oruji
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