Ojaba Surname
Approximately 825 people bear this surname
Ojaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 571 | 1:68,370 | 7,656 |
| Nigeria | 158 | 1:1,121,157 | 46,146 |
| Indonesia | 92 | 1:1,437,491 | 97,733 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Ojaba (27) may also be a first name.
Ojaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ojaba is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojaba? popularity and diffusion
Ojaba is the 420,458th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 8,833,389 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Ojaba reside; 69 percent reside in East Africa and 55 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ojaba is also the 2,036,353rd most widespread given name internationally. It is borne by 27 people.
This last name is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 571 people, or 1 in 68,370. In Uganda Ojaba is most common in: Adjumani District, where 53 percent are found, Moyo District, where 9 percent are found and Amuru District, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Uganda it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 19 percent are found and Indonesia, where 11 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 Ojaba
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