Ojoru Surname
Approximately 1,270 people bear this surname
Ojoru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,068 | 1:36,554 | 4,776 |
| Nigeria | 202 | 1:876,944 | 38,283 |
Ojoru (649) may also be a first name.
Ojoru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojoru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ojoru is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ojoru.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojoru? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 299,542nd most numerous last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 5,738,225 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ojoru reside; 84 percent reside in East Africa and 81 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 326,130th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 649 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 1,068 people, or 1 in 36,554. In Uganda Ojoru is primarily found in: Arua District, where 74 percent live, Yumbe District, where 14 percent live and Maracha District, where 7 percent live. Beside Uganda this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 16 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 Ojoru
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