Ojecho Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ojecho Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ojecho Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1341:1,321,96152,161
England11:55,718,059489,080

Ojecho (15) may also be a first name.

Ojecho Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ojecho is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ojecho? popularity and diffusion

Ojecho is the 1,537,949th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ojecho are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ojecho is also the 2,900,335th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 15 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 134 people, or 1 in 1,321,961. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 77 percent live, Lagos, where 12 percent live and Kano, where 10 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Eacho73233/
Yecho73126/
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Ajeco7352/
Aecho7336/
Iecho7320/
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Hojho734/
Ojeca733/
Oyeco733/
Ojaco732/
Ejeco731/
Ojoco731/
Ojezo731/
Ojico731/
Uecho731/
Houechou7118/
Ojeikhoh713/
Ouetchou711/
Ogecha67495/
Yechou67446/
Ouchou67356/
Huecho6799/
Houetchou6799/
Osicho6768/
Goucho6739/
Osecha6736/
Ayecho6733/
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Ejecha6719/
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Eichou6716/
Agecho6711/
Houcho6711/
Ochico679/
Ozijho679/
Yetcho677/
Owesho677/
Euchot676/
Ojocha675/
Aescho675/
Awecho675/
Oyicho674/
Goycho674/
Ouchot674/
Gojcha674/
Iyecho672/
Ajacho672/
Goicho672/
Owecha671/
Ojisho671/
Ouecha671/
Ojchha671/
Ocheco671/
Aiocho671/
Outcho671/
Yescho671/
Eutcho671/
Eyacho671/
Ajecha671/
Ochijo671/
Ogicho671/
Heicho671/
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Ojeaso671/
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Ouchoh671/
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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 Ojecho
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