Ocheja Surname
Approximately 3,358 people bear this surname
Ocheja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,330 | 1:53,196 | 4,067 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Ocheja (499) may also be a first name.
Ocheja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ocheja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ocheja has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ocheja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 134,129th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,170,204 people. The surname Ocheja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ocheja reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ocheja is also the 379,662nd most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 499 people.
The last name Ocheja is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,330 people, or 1 in 53,196. In Nigeria Ocheja is mostly found in: Kogi, where 69 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent reside and Lagos, where 4 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Ocheja is found in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent reside and The Philippines, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Ocheja
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