Ojuma Surname
Approximately 2,722 people bear this surname
Ojuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,650 | 1:27,988 | 3,103 |
| Uganda | 597 | 1:65,392 | 7,411 |
| Nigeria | 473 | 1:374,509 | 19,965 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Ojuma (447) may also be a first name.
Ojuma Demographics
Ojuma Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ojuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ojuma is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojuma? popularity and diffusion
It is the 160,228th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 2,677,276 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ojuma live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 60 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 405,268th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 447 people.
The surname Ojuma is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,650 people, or 1 in 27,988. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Busia County, where 92 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 6 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 22 percent are found and Nigeria, where 17 percent are found.
Ojuma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Ojuma
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