Orumah Surname
Approximately 581 people bear this surname
Orumah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 577 | 1:307,007 | 17,082 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Orumah (28) may also be a first name.
Orumah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orumah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Orumah is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Orumah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 549,848th most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 12,543,108 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Orumah live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most common first name on earth, borne by 28 people.
Orumah is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 577 people, or 1 in 307,007. In Nigeria Orumah is most prevalent in: Delta, where 52 percent are found, Kogi, where 11 percent are found and Lagos, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Iceland, where 0 percent are found and Niger, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Orumah
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