Aoja Surname
Approximately 562 people bear this surname
Aoja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 526 | 1:74,219 | 8,144 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Aoja (25) may also be a first name.
Aoja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aoja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Aoja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻭﺝ) is found most in Uganda. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Aoja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Aoja is the 563,577th most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,967,164 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Aoja reside; 94 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 25 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 526 people, or 1 in 74,219. In Uganda Aoja is mostly found in: Serere District, where 47 percent reside, Soroti District, where 20 percent reside and Ngora District, where 12 percent reside. Beside Uganda Aoja occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 3 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aoja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aoja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻭﺝ | awj | - |
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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 Aoja
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