Omaje Surname
Approximately 550 people bear this surname
Omaje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 351 | 1:111,223 | 10,837 |
| Nigeria | 180 | 1:984,126 | 41,775 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Omaje (13) may also be a first name.
Omaje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omaje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Omaje (Marathi: ओमाजे) is more frequently found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Omaje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 572,911th most common surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,250,083 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Omaje are found; 64 percent are found in East Africa and 64 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Omaje is also the 3,159,357th most common forename globally, held by 13 people.
The surname is most numerous in Uganda, where it is carried by 351 people, or 1 in 111,223. In Uganda Omaje is most frequent in: Soroti District, where 28 percent live, Amuria District, where 23 percent live and Serere District, where 23 percent live. Barring Uganda it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 33 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Omaje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Omaje in the Marathi language | ||
| ओमाजे | omaje | - |
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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 Omaje
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