Ojemba Surname
Approximately 199 people bear this surname
Ojemba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 193 | 1:917,838 | 39,641 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Ojemba (116) may also be a first name.
Ojemba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojemba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ojemba has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojemba? popularity and diffusion
Ojemba is the 1,189,614th most numerous surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 36,620,834 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ojemba live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ojemba is also the 868,627th most prevalent first name globally, held by 116 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 193 people, or 1 in 917,838. In Nigeria Ojemba is most common in: Ebonyi, where 24 percent reside, Lagos, where 19 percent reside and Cross River, where 14 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 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 Ojemba
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