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 has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Ojaja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojaja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,038,570th most frequent family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. This last name is primarily found 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 commonly used forename world-wide, held by 36 people.
Ojaja is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 204 people, or 1 in 868,347. In Nigeria Ojaja is mostly concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 32 percent live, Delta, where 29 percent live and Enugu, where 12 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 11 percent live and Uganda, where 3 percent live.
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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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