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 surname Ojega has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojega? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,293,424th most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ojega are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 84 percent are found 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 most prevalent in: Edo, where 53 percent reside, Delta, where 19 percent reside and Kaduna, where 14 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 12 percent reside and Paraguay, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis