Oryah Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Oryah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Oryah (19) may also be a first name.
Oryah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oryah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oryah is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oryah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Oryah live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most widespread first name world-wide, held by 19 people.
The last name Oryah is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Federal Capital Territory, where 100 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Oryah exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 25 percent live and South Africa, where 13 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 Oryah
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