Orwaa Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Orwaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Orwaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orwaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orwaa is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Orwaa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,587,209th most frequently used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Orwaa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 75 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Mara Region, where 100 percent reside. Not including Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 17 percent reside and Kenya, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orwaya | 91 | 7 | / |
| Orwaja | 91 | 1 | / |
| Uorwaa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Orwa | 89 | 10,549 | / |
| Orwua | 80 | 309 | / |
| Arwaa | 80 | 185 | / |
| Orvaa | 80 | 78 | / |
| Ourwa | 80 | 39 | / |
| Orway | 80 | 14 | / |
| Orwau | 80 | 11 | / |
| Horwa | 80 | 6 | / |
| Orwwa | 80 | 5 | / |
| Orbaa | 80 | 5 | / |
| Orwah | 80 | 4 | / |
| Orwai | 80 | 2 | / |
| Oruaa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Erwaa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Horwat | 73 | 1,039 | / |
| Ourbaa | 73 | 205 | / |
| Orwiya | 73 | 108 | / |
| Arwaha | 73 | 30 | / |
| Oruaas | 73 | 23 | / |
| Horway | 73 | 22 | / |
| Arwaya | 73 | 9 | / |
| Arwaaz | 73 | 6 | / |
| Orwatt | 73 | 5 | / |
| Hurwaa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Orvaah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Oruaja | 73 | 2 | / |
| Orwait | 73 | 2 | / |
| Orwuya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Orweya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gohrwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Orwayi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Orwaye | 73 | 1 | / |
| Horwad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oruaha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Orwath | 73 | 1 | / |
| Orbaya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Arwaaj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Arwa | 67 | 8,748 | / |
| Erwa | 67 | 6,991 | / |
| Orua | 67 | 799 | / |
| Orva | 67 | 321 | / |
| Orba | 67 | 246 | / |
| Orwe | 67 | 89 | / |
| Urwa | 67 | 39 | / |
| Goorwah | 67 | 26 | / |
| Horwhat | 67 | 23 | / |
| Gorweah | 67 | 21 | / |
| Orwo | 67 | 16 | / |
| Hourwai | 67 | 8 | / |
| Horwacz | 67 | 6 | / |
| Orbayah | 67 | 6 | / |
| Gourway | 67 | 3 | / |
| Garwaai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Harwaay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orhuaha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Harwaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orzuaai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orwy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Horvaja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Horwaht | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Orwaa
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