Orure Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Orure Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Orure Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya241:1,924,16236,129
Peru121:2,648,67728,015
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Orure Last Name Facts

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

The last name Orure is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Orure? popularity and diffusion

Orure is the 3,055,934th most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Orure reside; 61 percent reside in East Africa and 56 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 1,924,162. In Kenya Orure is most prevalent in: Kisii County, where 38 percent live, Migori County, where 38 percent live and Homa Bay County, where 17 percent live. Apart from Kenya this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Peru, where 29 percent live and Chile, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oruere9136/
Oroure911/
Orur894/
Orhuere8317/
O'Roure832/
Goraure831/
Ouroure831/
Orourje831/
Orire801,699/
Gorur80430/
Urure80130/
Erure8097/
Orore8093/
Arure8087/
Oruri8020/
Horur805/
Oreur804/
Orura803/
Orour802/
Orury802/
Oruir801/
Orgur801/
Orhur801/
Orurt800/
O'Rourhe771/
Hoirureu771/
Gouroure771/
Gurure734,207/
Oriere73729/
Orruri73121/
Orueri7364/
Orhire7363/
Erhure7352/
Eruere7332/
Erureh7315/
Ororey7313/
Oururi7311/
Harure7310/
Oraura738/
Ororie737/
Herure736/
Ororei735/
Oriree735/
Oiruri735/
Arurhe734/
Orrire734/
Aruire733/
Eruhre733/
Ororea733/
Aroure732/
Argure732/
Araure732/
Orzura732/
Garure732/
Goruri732/
Arzure732/
Orurai731/
Hurure731/
Orirre731/
Orauri731/
Orzuur731/
Horaur731/
Horore731/
Orurui731/
Orirei731/
Oreuri731/
Ohrire731/
O'Rour731/
Ururie731/
Arures731/
Orourh730/
Ororhe730/
Gourgoure711/
Arhuire67612/
Arur67362/
Orriere67181/
Orhiere67109/
Arhuere6771/
Erhurhe6754/
Arurhie6742/
Horoura6719/
Oror6715/
Gurgure6713/
Goruray6713/
Aruirre675/
Aaroure674/
Oororie671/
Hororea671/
Horouri671/
Argurre671/
Gorgour671/
Harurey671/
Hatrure671/
Heroure671/
Orrieri671/
Auroure671/
Orierre671/
Erhuere671/
Erroure671/

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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 Orure
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