Ojiba Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Ojiba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 170 | 1:1,042,016 | 43,672 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ojiba (64) may also be a first name.
Ojiba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojiba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ojiba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﺟﻴﺒﻪ, Hindi: ओजीबा, Oriya: ଓଜିବା) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojiba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ojiba is the 1,295,379th most common last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ojiba live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ojiba is also the 1,223,525th most prevalent forename throughout the world. It is borne by 64 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 170 people, or 1 in 1,042,016. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Delta, where 31 percent are found, Enugu, where 23 percent are found and Lagos, where 20 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 2 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ojiba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ojiba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﺟﻴﺒﻪ | ajybh | - |
| Ojiba in the Hindi language | ||
| ओजीबा | ojiba | - |
| Ojiba in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓଜିବା | ojiba | - |
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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 Ojiba
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