Oleji Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Oleji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
Oleji (14) may also be a first name.
Oleji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oleji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oleji is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Oleji click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oleji? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,944,094th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oleji live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 14 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Delta, where 33 percent live, Kogi, where 27 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 25 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 Oleji
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