Ochenja Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Ochenja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 78 | 1:592,050 | 27,720 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ochenja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ochenja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ochenja is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ochenja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,034,059th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ochenja reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 592,050. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Busia County, where 92 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 5 percent are found and Homa Bay County, where 1 percent are found. Besides Kenya this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 7 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Ochenja
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