Ojere Surname
Approximately 289 people bear this surname
Ojere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 265 | 1:668,463 | 31,178 |
| Latvia | 18 | 1:113,891 | 16,101 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ojere (61) may also be a first name.
Ojere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ojere (Hindi: ओजेरे) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojere? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 917,199th most common last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 25,216,422 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Ojere reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most commonly occurring given name world-wide, held by 61 people.
The surname Ojere is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 265 people, or 1 in 668,463. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 58 percent live, Bayelsa, where 15 percent live and Edo, where 7 percent live. Other than Nigeria it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Latvia, where 6 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ojere Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ojere in the Hindi language | ||
| ओजेरे | ojere | - |
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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
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- 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 Ojere
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