Ojija Surname
Approximately 103 people bear this surname
Ojija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 72 | 1:735,300 | 41,343 |
| Kenya | 13 | 1:3,552,300 | 39,474 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Ojija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojija Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ojija (Oriya: ଓଜିଜା) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Ojija click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojija? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,817,111th most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 70,752,873 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ojija reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 79 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Ojija is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 72 people, or 1 in 735,300. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mara Region, where 97 percent are found and Dodoma Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Tanzania it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 13 percent are found and Uganda, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ojija Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ojija in the Oriya language | ||
| ଓଜିଜା | ojija | - |
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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 Ojija
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