Ojele Surname
Approximately 321 people bear this surname
Ojele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 202 | 1:876,944 | 38,283 |
| Uganda | 117 | 1:333,669 | 22,303 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Ojele (24) may also be a first name.
Ojele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ojele is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojele? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 851,613th most common last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 22,702,635 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ojele reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 24 people.
The last name Ojele is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 202 people, or 1 in 876,944. In Nigeria Ojele is most common in: Ebonyi, where 40 percent live, Ekiti, where 15 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 8 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 36 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
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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 Ojele
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