Orumah Surname

549,848th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 581 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orumah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orumah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5771:307,00717,082
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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 has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Orumah? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 549,848th most commonly used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 12,543,108 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Orumah are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Orumah is also the 1,994,417th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 28 people.

Orumah is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 577 people, or 1 in 307,007. In Nigeria Orumah is mostly found in: Delta, where 52 percent live, Kogi, where 11 percent live and Lagos, where 8 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Orumah occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Iceland, where 0 percent live and Niger, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oroumah921/
Oruma914,490/
Hoirumah869/
Oroumahe861/
Arumah83176/
Orumaa83138/
Oromah8351/
Orguma8332/
Orumoh8324/
Orruma8318/
Ouruma8312/
Horuma839/
Orumai839/
Goruma833/
Erumah832/
Orauma831/
Oreuma831/
Orumha831/
Orumga831/
Orumay831/
Orouma831/
Orzuma831/
Orhuma831/
Orimah831/
Orumoa831/
Harumah7728/
Arhumah7726/
Horimah7724/
Ourouma7717/
Eruemah7711/
Arumaha777/
Arusmah776/
Orusmaa775/
Gorouma773/
Gorguma771/
Eroumah771/
Orumuoh771/
Gouroumaha751/
Oroma7315,530/
Aruma731,119/
Orima731,044/
Orumo73359/
Eruma73165/
Gourouma71502/
Hoiromah7110/
Herumaha718/
Hourouma712/
Goroumma711/
Arrumaih711/
Garuma676,561/
Haruma671,178/
Oriema67779/
Orumoi67577/
Arimah67395/
Horima67260/
Horoma6749/
Erimah6749/
Oromea6734/
Arumai6733/
Arumay6732/
Arouma6732/
Arumoh6731/
Arumaa6722/
Oromai6722/
Erhuma6718/
Orhoma6716/
Arumas6714/
Arauma6714/
Arzuma6712/
Orumei6712/
Orumuo6711/
Orimma677/
Heruma676/
Atruma676/
Oromaa676/
Arumad673/
Arhuma673/
Erumma673/
Arumma673/
Orumos673/
Oromma673/
Orumoy673/
Arumat672/
Orumey672/
Aruema672/
Orooma672/
Arruma672/
Asruma671/
Arumau671/
Aaruma671/
Arguma671/
Orhima671/
Arumea671/
Houroumma671/
Orimaa671/
Orimai671/
Ouroma671/
Ourumo671/
Gouroumma671/
Erroumaih671/
Orumayowa671/
Orumeu671/
Erauma671/
Areuma671/

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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
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  • 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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