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
The surname Ojota occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojota? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ojota is the 642,991st most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 15,439,716 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ojota live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
It is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is held by 449 people, or 1 in 86,947. In Uganda Ojota is primarily concentrated in: Alebtong District, where 21 percent are found, Kole District, where 11 percent are found and Amolatar District, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Uganda it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 5 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.
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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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