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 more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Okiji? popularity and diffusion
The surname Okiji is the 559,940th most frequent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 12,852,815 people. The surname Okiji is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Okiji reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okiji is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 14 people.
Okiji is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 522 people, or 1 in 339,354. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ogun, where 22 percent live, Ondo, where 20 percent live and Osun, where 19 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 1 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 Okiji
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