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 can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Oleji.
How Common Is The Last Name Oleji? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oleji is the 2,944,094th most frequently used last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Oleji reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 14 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 33 percent reside, Kogi, where 27 percent reside and Akwa Ibom, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 25 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 Oleji
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