Ojega Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Ojega Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ojega Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojega Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ojega is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojega? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,293,424th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ojega live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 3,054,185. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Edo, where 53 percent are found, Delta, where 19 percent are found and Kaduna, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Ojega occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 12 percent are found and Paraguay, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Ojega
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