Okaja Surname
Approximately 529 people bear this surname
Okaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 383 | 1:462,514 | 23,465 |
| Papua New Guinea | 131 | 1:62,242 | 8,061 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Okaja (182) may also be a first name.
Okaja Demographics
Okaja Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Okaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okaja has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okaja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okaja is the 590,101st most common last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 13,776,079 people. The surname Okaja occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Okaja reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 675,152nd most frequently used first name internationally It is held by 182 people.
The last name Okaja is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 383 people, or 1 in 462,514. In Nigeria Okaja is most prevalent in: Benue, where 30 percent live, Imo, where 17 percent live and Delta, where 13 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent live and Uganda, where 2 percent live.
Okaja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Okaja surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
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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 Okaja
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