Ojiere Surname
Approximately 98 people bear this surname
Ojiere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 90 | 1:1,968,253 | 69,534 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
Ojiere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojiere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ojiere is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojiere? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,871,545th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 74,362,713 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ojiere reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 1,968,253. In Nigeria Ojiere is most common in: Abia, where 31 percent reside, Edo, where 24 percent reside and Lagos, where 21 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Ojiere occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 4 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
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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 Ojiere
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