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) occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omaje? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 572,911th most widely held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 13,250,083 people. The last name Omaje 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 numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 13 people.
It is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is borne by 351 people, or 1 in 111,223. In Uganda Omaje is most numerous in: Soroti District, where 28 percent live, Amuria District, where 23 percent live and Serere District, where 23 percent live. Outside of Uganda it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs 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
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- 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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