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 last name Aoja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻭﺝ) is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Aoja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 563,577th most frequent family name globally, borne by around 1 in 12,967,164 people. Aoja is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Aoja are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 93 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most common first name at a global level, borne by 25 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 526 people, or 1 in 74,219. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Serere District, where 47 percent are found, Soroti District, where 20 percent are found and Ngora District, where 12 percent are found. Barring Uganda Aoja exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
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
- 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 Aoja
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