Okonja Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Okonja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Okonja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okonja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okonja is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okonja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Okonja reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria Okonja is most prevalent in: Delta, where 92 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Okonja exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside and Uganda, where 7 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
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- 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 Okonja
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