Ojiru Surname

1,315,412th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 171 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Uganda

Ojiru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ojiru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria951:1,864,66166,902
Uganda741:527,55829,544
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Ojiru (25) may also be a first name.

Ojiru Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ojiru Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ojiru is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Ojiru click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ojiru? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ojiru is the 1,315,412th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 42,617,228 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ojiru are found; 56 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ojiru is also the 2,136,160th most widespread given name on earth, borne by 25 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 1,864,661. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 78 percent reside, Lagos, where 18 percent reside and Ondo, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 43 percent reside and The United States, where 1 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 Ojiru
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