Orver Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Orver Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 86 | 1:2,059,800 | 71,823 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Orvér (5) are calculated separately.
Orver (144) may also be a first name.
Orver Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orver Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Orver occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Orvér. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orver? popularity and diffusion
The last name Orver is the 2,007,164th most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Orver reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 769,375th most common first name globally. It is borne by 144 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 2,059,800. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 93 percent reside, Kogi, where 5 percent reside and Kaduna, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Orver
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