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 is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ojaja.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojaja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,038,570th most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,113,826 people. The surname Ojaja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ojaja live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ojaja is also the 1,717,090th most commonly occurring forename worldwide It is held by 36 people.
The surname Ojaja is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 204 people, or 1 in 868,347. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 32 percent are found, Delta, where 29 percent are found and Enugu, where 12 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 11 percent are found and Uganda, where 3 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 Ojaja
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