Ojire Surname
Approximately 211 people bear this surname
Ojire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 181 | 1:978,689 | 41,594 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
Ojire (13) may also be a first name.
Ojire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ojire occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojire? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ojire is the 1,140,742nd most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 34,538,132 people. The surname Ojire is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Ojire are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 13 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 181 people, or 1 in 978,689. In Nigeria Ojire is most frequent in: Delta, where 65 percent are found, Rivers, where 28 percent are found and Benue, where 2 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 9 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Ojire
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