Oruma Surname
Approximately 4,490 people bear this surname
Oruma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,625 | 1:48,867 | 3,763 |
| Kenya | 450 | 1:102,622 | 8,941 |
| Uganda | 352 | 1:110,907 | 10,820 |
| United States | 28 | 1:12,944,962 | 483,512 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Peru | 6 | 1:5,297,354 | 36,458 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Oruma (361) may also be a first name.
Oruma Demographics
Oruma Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Oruma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oruma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oruma is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Oruma.
How Common Is The Last Name Oruma? popularity and diffusion
It is the 104,504th most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,623,061 people. The last name Oruma is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Oruma are found; 81 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oruma is also the 458,188th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 361 people.
Oruma is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3,625 people, or 1 in 48,867. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 48 percent live, Kogi, where 18 percent live and Bayelsa, where 7 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 10 percent live and Uganda, where 8 percent live.
Oruma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Oruma earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 34.5% less than the national average, earning $28,264 USD per year.
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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 Oruma
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