Okojo Surname
Approximately 622 people bear this surname
Okojo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 285 | 1:621,554 | 29,491 |
| Kenya | 180 | 1:256,555 | 17,284 |
| Uganda | 155 | 1:251,866 | 18,680 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Okojo (19) may also be a first name.
Okojo Demographics
Okojo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Okojo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okojo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okojo is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okojo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okojo is the 522,545th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 11,716,312 people. The last name Okojo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okojo live; 54 percent live in East Africa and 46 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 19 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 285 people, or 1 in 621,554. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 45 percent reside, Cross River, where 11 percent reside and Abia, where 11 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Okojo exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 29 percent reside and Uganda, where 25 percent reside.
Okojo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Okojo
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