Ojela Surname
Approximately 225 people bear this surname
Ojela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 128 | 1:1,383,928 | 53,929 |
| India | 83 | 1:9,241,752 | 184,052 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Ojela (138) may also be a first name.
Ojela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ojela is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojela? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ojela is the 1,092,155th most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 32,389,093 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Ojela live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 787,636th most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 138 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 1,383,928. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 27 percent reside, Lagos, where 20 percent reside and Osun, where 16 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 37 percent reside and England, where 4 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 Ojela
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