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
The surname Ojanja is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Ojanja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojanja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Ojanja is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ojanja are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 72 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 3,298,564. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kakamega County, where 64 percent live, Siaya County, where 29 percent live and Migori County, where 7 percent live. Aside from Kenya this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs 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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