Omoja Surname
Approximately 1,179 people bear this surname
Omoja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 743 | 1:238,416 | 13,855 |
| Uganda | 281 | 1:138,930 | 12,586 |
| Kenya | 147 | 1:314,149 | 19,561 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
Omoja (94) may also be a first name.
Omoja Demographics
Omoja Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Omoja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omoja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Omoja occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Omoja? popularity and diffusion
Omoja is the 317,700th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 6,181,125 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Omoja are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Omoja is also the 980,251st most commonly used first name globally, held by 94 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 743 people, or 1 in 238,416. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kogi, where 59 percent reside, Benue, where 7 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 24 percent reside and Kenya, where 12 percent reside.
Omoja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Omoja surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Omoja
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