Ojawo Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Ojawo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ojawo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Ojawo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ojawo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ojawo is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ojawo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ojawo? popularity and diffusion

Ojawo is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Ojawo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ojawo are found; 75 percent are found in East Africa and 75 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

This last name is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 13,013,093. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Napak District, where 67 percent live and Moroto District, where 33 percent live. Beside Uganda Ojawo is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 25 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
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  • 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 Ojawo
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