Orunja Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Orunja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orunja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria991:1,789,32164,938
United States91:40,273,215872,126

Orunja Last Name Facts

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

The last name Orunja is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Orunja? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,765,740th most common last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Orunja live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Orunja is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 99 people, or 1 in 1,789,321. In Nigeria Orunja is mostly found in: Kogi, where 39 percent reside, Lagos, where 28 percent reside and Ekiti, where 12 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 8 percent reside.

Orunja Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Orunja surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

Orunja earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 110.85% more than the national average, earning $90,979 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Orunya8328/
Orunia8313/
Arunja838/
Orunjo831/
Orunji831/
Garunja77148/
Harunja77114/
Oruenjo779/
Arunjay775/
Gurunja774/
Horunza771/
Erunija771/
Orujnia771/
Orgunji771/
Horinja771/
Oruña73230/
Harundja71152/
Harounja7117/
Garaunja712/
Gorgunia711/
Oronia671,247/
Oronya67994/
Oronje67913/
Orinia6795/
Erunia6741/
Arunia6725/
Arunya6720/
Orunye6717/
Arunca6717/
Arunji678/
Arunje678/
Orunge677/
Orunnaiye675/
Oronjo675/
Orinjo675/
Urunya674/
Aronja674/
Arinja673/
Arunha673/
Harounjha672/
Orunyo672/
Arunjo672/
Oronza672/
Urunji671/
Hourougna671/
Oronji671/
Erinja671/
Orouña671/
Urunia671/
Arunza671/
Orumha671/
Harounhja671/
Gourounia671/

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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 Orunja
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