Ojigi Surname
Approximately 305 people bear this surname
Ojigi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 179 | 1:218,097 | 17,007 |
| Nigeria | 124 | 1:1,428,571 | 55,237 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Ojigi (41) may also be a first name.
Ojigi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojigi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ojigi is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ojigi.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojigi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 883,255th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 23,893,593 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ojigi are found; 59 percent are found in East Africa and 41 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ojigi is also the 1,590,275th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 41 people.
It is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is held by 179 people, or 1 in 218,097. In Uganda Ojigi is most common in: Zombo District, where 62 percent reside, Kiryandongo District, where 25 percent reside and Nebbi District, where 5 percent reside. Beside Uganda this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 41 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 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 Ojigi
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