Ogaje Surname
Approximately 481 people bear this surname
Ogaje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 467 | 1:379,321 | 20,165 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Ogaje (47) may also be a first name.
Ogaje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ogaje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ogaje occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ogaje.
How Common Is The Last Name Ogaje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ogaje is the 634,180th most common last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 15,150,823 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ogaje are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ogaje is also the 1,467,136th most commonly used forename throughout the world It is held by 47 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 467 people, or 1 in 379,321. In Nigeria Ogaje is most numerous in: Benue, where 55 percent reside, Kano, where 7 percent reside and Lagos, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 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 Ogaje
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