Urhobo Surname

480,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 694 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Urhobo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Urhobo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6471:273,79115,557
England381:1,466,26563,675
Jamaica71:409,9929,090
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Urhobo (34) may also be a first name.

Urhobo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Urhobo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Urhobo occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Urhobo? popularity and diffusion

Urhobo is the 480,521st most common last name globally, borne by around 1 in 10,500,787 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Urhobo live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 34 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 647 people, or 1 in 273,791. In Nigeria Urhobo is most common in: Delta, where 75 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 10 percent reside and Lagos, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Urhobo occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 5 percent reside and Jamaica, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Uurhobo921/
Urobo9136/
Irhobo83162/
Uhrobo839/
Uroboh831/
Orhobo831/
Aurobo831/
Ourobo831/
Hurobo831/
Urohbo831/
Ourobou772/
Irobo73805/
Orobo73330/
Urovo7351/
Urubo7317/
Urowo7312/
Urabo735/
Uroba731/
Ouroubou71630/
Gouroboi711/
Hourobou711/
Utrabo67238/
Euroba6736/
Gurubo6735/
Gurabo6713/
Uruovo6711/
Jirobo678/
Aurabo678/
Guroba677/
Urawoo675/
Hurovo675/
Oroboy674/
Oruobo674/
Urahwo674/
Iroboh672/
Oroboi672/
Gurovo672/
Hirobo672/
Uerebo671/
Ourebo671/
Urrabo671/
Urhová671/
Eurubo671/
Irohbo671/
Ouroba671/
Irobou671/

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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 Urhobo
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