Orukari Surname

616,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 500 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orukari Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orukari Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4951:357,86419,258
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Orukari (79) may also be a first name.

Orukari Last Name Facts

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

The surname Orukari is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orukari? popularity and diffusion

The last name Orukari is the 616,129th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 14,575,092 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Orukari reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,083,225th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 79 people.

The last name Orukari is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 495 people, or 1 in 357,864. In Nigeria Orukari is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 77 percent are found, Rivers, where 20 percent are found and Enugu, where 2 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Otrukari933/
Oroukari931/
Erukari8617/
Orukare867/
Orukori867/
Orokari866/
Arukari863/
Urukari861/
Arukarie8011/
Harukari8011/
Gurukari807/
Oroukeri801/
Orukerei801/
Orukorie801/
Arukaari801/
Gurukaari753/
Oroukouri751/
Arukori7160/
Erikari7140/
Arikari7129/
Arokari7111/
Arukara714/
Orukore712/
Orukora711/
Orokori711/
Urokari711/
Arukeri711/
Arhokari6710/
Erikauri676/
Horokori672/
Horikare672/
Orukehre671/
Harikari671/
Erikkari671/

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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 Orukari
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