Ojeje Surname
Approximately 385 people bear this surname
Ojeje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 376 | 1:471,124 | 23,774 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ojeje (168) may also be a first name.
Ojeje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojeje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ojeje is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojeje? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 746,827th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 18,928,691 people. The surname Ojeje occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ojeje live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ojeje is also the 705,855th most numerous forename internationally, held by 168 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 376 people, or 1 in 471,124. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 34 percent are found, Cross River, where 30 percent are found and Kogi, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 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 Ojeje
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