Okuja Surname
Approximately 1,421 people bear this surname
Okuja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,382 | 1:28,248 | 3,906 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Okuja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okuja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Okuja is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okuja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Okuja is the 273,609th most numerous family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 5,128,463 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okuja live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
It is most numerous in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,382 people, or 1 in 28,248. In Uganda Okuja is primarily found in: Dokolo District, where 31 percent live, Amolatar District, where 18 percent live and Apac District, where 16 percent live. Other than Uganda this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent live and Kenya, where 0 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 Okuja
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