Oloja Surname
Approximately 1,738 people bear this surname
Oloja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,655 | 1:107,035 | 7,162 |
| Uganda | 68 | 1:574,107 | 31,082 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Oloja (114) may also be a first name.
Oloja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oloja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oloja is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oloja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 232,309th most frequent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 4,193,064 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Oloja are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 877,214th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 114 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,655 people, or 1 in 107,035. In Nigeria Oloja is most numerous in: Benue, where 27 percent are found, Lagos, where 15 percent are found and Kaduna, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Oloja is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 4 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Oloja
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