Orukele Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orukele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Orukele Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria731:2,426,61380,686
England101:5,571,806158,774
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Orukele Last Name Facts

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

Orukele is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Orukele? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,047,559th most prevalent surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. The last name Orukele occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Orukele are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Orukele is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 2,426,613. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Delta, where 81 percent live, Ogun, where 10 percent live and Lagos, where 5 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Orukele occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 12 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orokele863/
Orukale863/
Erukele861/
Gurukele802/
Oriquele801/
Gurukhele754/
Orukali7149/
Arukale713/
Erukale711/
Erukeli711/
Eerukale6712/
Harukale674/
Orukolli671/
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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 Orukele
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