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
The surname Okoje is most common in Nigeria. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Okoje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okoje? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 853,416th most numerous family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 22,773,581 people. The surname Okoje occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Okoje are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Okoje is also the 1,911,214th most numerous forename in the world, borne by 30 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 314 people, or 1 in 564,149. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Edo, where 38 percent reside, Delta, where 15 percent reside and Lagos, where 12 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 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 Okoje
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