Ojoja Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Ojoja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ojoja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojoja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ojoja is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojoja? popularity and diffusion
Ojoja is the 5,587,209th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ojoja live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ekiti, where 45 percent live, Kogi, where 36 percent live and Benue, where 9 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 8 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 Ojoja
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