Okuje Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Okuje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Okuje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okuje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Okuje is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Okuje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Okuje? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,882,373rd most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okuje reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Okuje is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria it is most common in: Delta, where 44 percent reside, Benue, where 16 percent reside and Kogi, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 4 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 Okuje
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