Ojiya Surname
Approximately 287 people bear this surname
Ojiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 269 | 1:658,523 | 30,783 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Ojiya (255) may also be a first name.
Ojiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ojiya (Hindi: ओजिया, Marathi: फ़ोजीया, Oriya: ଅଜିୟ) is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ojiya is the 921,780th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 25,392,146 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Ojiya reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 557,860th most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 255 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 269 people, or 1 in 658,523. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 53 percent are found, Kogi, where 13 percent are found and Taraba, where 12 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Ojiya exists in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 4 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ojiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ojiya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅଜିୟ | ajiya | - |
| Ojiya in the Marathi language | ||
| फ़ोजीया | fojiya | 66.67 |
| फ़ेोजीया | feojiya | 33.33 |
| Ojiya in the Hindi language | ||
| ओजिया | ojiya | 50 |
| ओजीया | ojiya | 50 |
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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 Ojiya
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