Orusha Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Orusha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Orusha (18) may also be a first name.
Orusha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orusha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orusha is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Orusha.
How Common Is The Last Name Orusha? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,274,477th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name Orusha occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Orusha reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent given name worldwide. It is borne by 18 people.
The surname Orusha is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria Orusha is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 80 percent live, Lagos, where 14 percent live and Rivers, where 3 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 3 percent live.
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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 Orusha
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