Orumo Surname

786,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 359 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orumo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orumo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3281:540,06926,457
Uganda211:1,859,01362,128
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Orumo (16) may also be a first name.

Orumo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Orumo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Orumo is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Orumo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 786,896th most widespread surname on earth, held by around 1 in 20,299,571 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Orumo are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 16 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 328 people, or 1 in 540,069. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 39 percent are found, Delta, where 31 percent are found and Rivers, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Orumo is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 6 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orumoi91577/
Orumoh9124/
Orumuo9111/
Orumoy913/
Orumos913/
Orumoa911/
Ourumo911/
Goroumo831/
Orumuoh831/
Oruma804,490/
Oromo803,988/
Orimo803,473/
Arumo80463/
Erumo8056/
Urumo803/
Gouroumo772/
Ouroumou771/
Orumah73581/
Gurumo73212/
Orumaa73138/
Aurumo73108/
Orimuo7361/
Oriemo7340/
Harumo7332/
Orguma7332/
Arumoh7331/
Horomo7325/
Orruma7318/
Ouruma7312/
Asrumo7310/
Arumot7310/
Horuma739/
Oromoi736/
Goruma733/
Hurumo732/
Orimoi732/
Urumoi732/
Araumo732/
Oromoo731/
Garumo731/
Arrumo731/
Urhumo731/
Urumoh731/
Orumeu731/
Orauma731/
Orhomo731/
Aruemo731/
O'Romo731/
Arumuo731/
Oreuma731/
Orumha731/
Orumga731/
Uoromo731/
Orouma731/
Herumo731/
Oromou731/
Orzuma731/
Orhuma731/
Utrumo731/
Gouroumou711/
Ourouma6717/
Horromo677/
Orusmaa675/
Gorouma673/
Horomoi672/
Arumoha671/
Garrumo671/
Eroumoh671/
Oroumah671/
Hourimo671/
Oiroomo671/
Gorguma671/

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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 Orumo
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