Ojota Surname
Approximately 472 people bear this surname
Ojota Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 449 | 1:86,947 | 9,122 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Ojota Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojota Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ojota is most common in Uganda. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojota? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ojota is the 642,991st most numerous surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 15,439,716 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ojota are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 75 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Ojota is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 449 people, or 1 in 86,947. In Uganda Ojota is most prevalent in: Alebtong District, where 21 percent live, Kole District, where 11 percent live and Amolatar District, where 11 percent live. Not including Uganda this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 5 percent live and Kenya, where 0 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 Ojota
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