Ocheje Surname
Approximately 4,597 people bear this surname
Ocheje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4,585 | 1:38,635 | 3,109 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ocheje (757) may also be a first name.
Ocheje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ocheje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ocheje occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ocheje? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ocheje is the 102,475th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,585,283 people. The surname Ocheje is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ocheje are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 298,585th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 757 people.
Ocheje is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 4,585 people, or 1 in 38,635. In Nigeria Ocheje is primarily concentrated in: Kogi, where 51 percent reside, Benue, where 21 percent reside and Kaduna, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 0 percent reside and England, 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 Ocheje
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