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 occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojeje? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 746,827th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 18,928,691 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ojeje reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 705,855th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 168 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 376 people, or 1 in 471,124. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 34 percent reside, Cross River, where 30 percent reside and Kogi, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.
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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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