Ojije Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Ojije Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 149 | 1:1,188,878 | 48,183 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ojije (24) may also be a first name.
Ojije Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojije Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ojije occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojije? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,428,594th most numerous last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ojije reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ojije is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 24 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 149 people, or 1 in 1,188,878. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 32 percent live, Enugu, where 26 percent live and Abia, where 19 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Moldova, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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 Ojije
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