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
The last name Ojele is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojele? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 851,613th most common surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 22,702,635 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ojele are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ojele is also the 2,187,323rd most widely held first name internationally, borne by 24 people.
The surname Ojele is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 202 people, or 1 in 876,944. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 40 percent are found, Ekiti, where 15 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 8 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 36 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.
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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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