Ojanja Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Ojanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
Ojanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ojanja is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojanja? popularity and diffusion
Ojanja is the 4,649,889th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ojanja reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 72 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Ojanja is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 3,298,564. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 64 percent live, Siaya County, where 29 percent live and Migori County, where 7 percent live. Other than Kenya this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 22 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 Ojanja
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