Okoja Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Okoja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 125 | 1:1,417,142 | 54,922 |
| Uganda | 52 | 1:750,755 | 36,601 |
Okoja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okoja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okoja is found most in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,286,243rd most numerous last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 41,172,576 people. The last name Okoja occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okoja live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 125 people, or 1 in 1,417,142. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 35 percent reside, Benue, where 22 percent reside and Lagos, where 9 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Okoja is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 29 percent reside.
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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 Okoja
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