Ojekere Surname
Approximately 181 people bear this surname
Ojekere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 180 | 1:984,126 | 41,775 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
Ojekere (28) may also be a first name.
Ojekere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojekere Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ojekere has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojekere? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,267,784th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 40,262,685 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ojekere live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 28 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 180 people, or 1 in 984,126. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Edo, where 78 percent reside, Lagos, where 18 percent reside and Oyo, where 2 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Ojekere occurs in one country. It is also common in The Gambia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ojiekere | 93 | 27 | / |
| Ojeakere | 93 | 9 | / |
| Ojekhere | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ojkere | 92 | 1 | / |
| Osekere | 86 | 57 | / |
| Ojakere | 86 | 42 | / |
| Oyekere | 86 | 13 | / |
| Owekere | 86 | 10 | / |
| Ojekera | 86 | 3 | / |
| Ojikere | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ojeikeri | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ijiekere | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ojaikere | 80 | 2 | / |
| Hosekere | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ohiekere | 80 | 1 | / |
| Osekereh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Yekere | 77 | 20 | / |
| Oykere | 77 | 3 | / |
| Oikere | 77 | 3 | / |
| Oukere | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eikere | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eakere | 77 | 1 | / |
| Asekere | 71 | 430 | / |
| Ajikere | 71 | 117 | / |
| Oikerhe | 71 | 72 | / |
| Iyekere | 71 | 66 | / |
| Ejikere | 71 | 55 | / |
| Ijekeri | 71 | 54 | / |
| Ijikere | 71 | 31 | / |
| Iyokere | 71 | 21 | / |
| Ojikeri | 71 | 11 | / |
| Eyakere | 71 | 11 | / |
| Owekeri | 71 | 6 | / |
| Eyekere | 71 | 6 | / |
| Oyakere | 71 | 3 | / |
| Aijkere | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ojakire | 71 | 2 | / |
| Awekere | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ayokere | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oyekire | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oyikere | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aekeere | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ajakere | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ouekeri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gajkere | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eyiekere | 67 | 9 | / |
| Oyechere | 67 | 4 | / |
| Oyekhire | 67 | 3 | / |
| Oyakhere | 67 | 3 | / |
| Oyikereh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yekereeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Asoykere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Adjikere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Osechere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ojachere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ejekhire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aiyokere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owekhire | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jikeeree | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hosekeri | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ojekere
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