Ojema Surname
Approximately 395 people bear this surname
Ojema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 204 | 1:191,369 | 15,594 |
| Nigeria | 154 | 1:1,150,278 | 47,013 |
| Kenya | 23 | 1:2,007,822 | 36,224 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Ojema (151) may also be a first name.
Ojema Demographics
Ojema Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ojema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ojema occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojema? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ojema is the 733,258th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 18,449,483 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ojema live; 57 percent live in East Africa and 44 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 749,223rd most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 151 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is carried by 204 people, or 1 in 191,369. In Uganda it is most common in: Kumi District, where 56 percent reside, Soroti District, where 9 percent reside and Agago District, where 7 percent reside. Beside Uganda this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 39 percent reside and Kenya, where 6 percent reside.
Ojema Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Ojema
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