Ojaja Surname
Approximately 242 people bear this surname
Ojaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 204 | 1:868,347 | 37,996 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ojaja (36) may also be a first name.
Ojaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ojaja occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojaja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,038,570th most common surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ojaja reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ojaja is also the 1,717,090th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 36 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 204 people, or 1 in 868,347. In Nigeria Ojaja is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 32 percent reside, Delta, where 29 percent reside and Enugu, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 11 percent reside and Uganda, where 3 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 Ojaja
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