Olaja Surname
Approximately 313 people bear this surname
Olaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 161 | 1:242,480 | 18,215 |
| Venezuela | 74 | 1:408,163 | 8,379 |
| Nigeria | 72 | 1:2,460,316 | 81,464 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Olaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Olaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Olaja is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Olaja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 866,642nd most frequently held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 23,282,894 people. Olaja occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Olaja live; 51 percent live in East Africa and 51 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Olaja is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 161 people, or 1 in 242,480. In Uganda Olaja is most numerous in: Soroti District, where 42 percent live, Serere District, where 37 percent live and Wakiso District, where 6 percent live. Beside Uganda Olaja occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Venezuela, where 24 percent live and Nigeria, where 23 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 Olaja
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