Oruke Surname
Approximately 502 people bear this surname
Oruke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 477 | 1:371,368 | 19,809 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Oruke (98) may also be a first name.
Oruke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oruke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oruke is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Oruke? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 614,324th most common last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 14,517,024 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Oruke are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 956,749th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 98 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 477 people, or 1 in 371,368. In Nigeria Oruke is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 29 percent live, Delta, where 26 percent live and Benue, where 22 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Oruke is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
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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 Oruke
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