Ojeke Surname
Approximately 324 people bear this surname
Ojeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 189 | 1:937,263 | 40,304 |
| Uganda | 132 | 1:295,752 | 20,635 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ojeke (11) may also be a first name.
Ojeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ojeke occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojeke? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 846,108th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 22,492,426 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ojeke are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ojeke is also the 3,487,849th most widespread given name globally, borne by 11 people.
The surname Ojeke is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 189 people, or 1 in 937,263. In Nigeria Ojeke is mostly found in: Delta, where 23 percent reside, Benue, where 17 percent reside and Ogun, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Ojeke exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 41 percent reside and Cameroon, 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 Ojeke
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