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

The surname Orukele is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Orukele.

How Common Is The Last Name Orukele? popularity and diffusion

The surname Orukele is the 2,047,559th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. The last name Orukele is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Orukele live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Orukele is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 73 people, or 1 in 2,426,613. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 81 percent reside, Ogun, where 10 percent reside and Lagos, where 5 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 12 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.

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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