Orukwo Surname
Approximately 487 people bear this surname
Orukwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 483 | 1:366,755 | 19,624 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
Orukwo (12) may also be a first name.
Orukwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orukwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orukwo is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orukwo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 628,294th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,964,160 people. The surname Orukwo is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Orukwo live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name internationally, held by 12 people.
Orukwo is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 483 people, or 1 in 366,755. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Rivers, where 94 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 2 percent are found and Abia, where 1 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Mexico, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orukwou | 92 | 3 | / |
| Oroukwo | 92 | 1 | / |
| Orokwo | 83 | 139 | / |
| Orukwa | 83 | 15 | / |
| Orikwo | 83 | 4 | / |
| Arukwo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Orugwo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Oriekwo | 77 | 25 | / |
| Oruegwo | 77 | 13 | / |
| Arukwuo | 77 | 3 | / |
| Oorookwo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Orugbo | 67 | 821 | / |
| Orogwo | 67 | 28 | / |
| Orugwa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Orokwa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Orikwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Arukwa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Orukua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Arokwo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Arugwo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Urokwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Urukwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orucwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Houroukwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Origwo | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Orukwo
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