Ojeikere Surname

428,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 806 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ojeikere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ojeikere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7341:241,33914,008
United States521:6,970,364322,914
England141:3,979,861125,553
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Ojeikere (69) may also be a first name.

Ojeikere Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ojeikere has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ojeikere? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 428,270th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 9,041,620 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Ojeikere live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,171,416th most commonly held given name globally, held by 69 people.

It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 734 people, or 1 in 241,339. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Edo, where 50 percent reside, Lagos, where 15 percent reside and Oyo, where 11 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Ojeikere Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ojeikere surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

The amount Ojeikere earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 66% less than the national average, earning R 80,808 per year and in United States they earn 37.03% more than the national average, earning $59,125 USD per year.

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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 Ojeikere
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