Okiji Surname
Approximately 567 people bear this surname
Okiji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 522 | 1:339,354 | 18,436 |
| England | 37 | 1:1,505,893 | 64,828 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Okiji (14) may also be a first name.
Okiji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okiji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okiji is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okiji? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okiji is the 559,940th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 12,852,815 people. Okiji occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Okiji are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okiji is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 14 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 522 people, or 1 in 339,354. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ogun, where 22 percent are found, Ondo, where 20 percent are found and Osun, where 19 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 1 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 Okiji
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