Orva Surname
Approximately 321 people bear this surname
Orva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 315 | 1:562,358 | 27,325 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Orva (747) may also be a first name.
Orva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orva (Russian: Орва) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Orva? popularity and diffusion
The last name Orva is the 851,613th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 22,702,635 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Orva reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Orva is also the 300,818th most frequently occurring forename on earth It is held by 747 people.
The last name Orva is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 315 people, or 1 in 562,358. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 80 percent reside, Taraba, where 8 percent reside and Adamawa, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Orva occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Finland, where 1 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Orva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Orva in the Russian language | ||
| Орва | orva | - |
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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 Orva
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