Okoje Surname
Approximately 320 people bear this surname
Okoje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 314 | 1:564,149 | 27,398 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Okoje (30) may also be a first name.
Okoje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okoje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okoje occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 853,416th most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 22,773,581 people. The last name Okoje occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okoje reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okoje is also the 1,911,214th most commonly used forename world-wide. It is borne by 30 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 314 people, or 1 in 564,149. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Edo, where 38 percent live, Delta, where 15 percent live and Lagos, where 12 percent live. Other than Nigeria Okoje exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and Kenya, 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 Okoje
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