Ojiambo Surname
Approximately 21,438 people bear this surname
Ojiambo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 14,221 | 1:3,247 | 496 |
| Uganda | 7,173 | 1:5,443 | 975 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Ojiambo (3,485) may also be a first name.
Ojiambo Demographics
Ojiambo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ojiambo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojiambo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ojiambo is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojiambo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 25,163rd most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 339,936 people. Ojiambo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ojiambo live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 120,328th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 3,485 people.
This surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 14,221 people, or 1 in 3,247. In Kenya Ojiambo is most prevalent in: Busia County, where 68 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 12 percent are found and Mombasa County, where 6 percent are found. Beside Kenya this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 33 percent are found and Sudan, where 0 percent are found.
Ojiambo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Ojiambo surname is predominantly Christian (99%) 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 Ojiambo
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