Ooju Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ooju Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ooju Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria461:3,850,930110,272
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Ooju Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ooju Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ooju occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ooju? popularity and diffusion

Ooju is the 2,843,861st most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ooju live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 3,850,930. In Nigeria Ooju is most frequent in: Osun, where 37 percent are found, Kwara, where 28 percent are found and Kogi, where 20 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gooju893/
Oojus891/
Oju862,151/
Oou8618/
Goojju801/
Hoju751,530/
Oyou751,009/
Ozou75867/
Ohou75819/
Ojuh75494/
Osou75328/
Odju75281/
Ouou75128/
Ojou75115/
Goju7599/
Ojuu7584/
Yoou7581/
Oosu7538/
Ojhu7522/
Oocu7516/
Yoju7511/
Ojju7511/
Osju7510/
Ojeu759/
Oohu758/
Ooud758/
Ouju756/
Ojau756/
Hoou754/
Oeou753/
Uoou752/
Ooyu752/
Ojui752/
Ooui752/
Oout752/
Ohju752/
Oous751/
Ooux751/
O'Ou751/
Goou751/
Eoou751/
Oiju751/
Ojuy751/
Ojux751/
Ojuz751/
Ojcu751/
Ojgu751/
Otju751/
Ooup751/
Oouy751/
Ooeu751/
Ooiu751/
Ju67737,925/
Yohou674,741/
Gohou673,983/
Ochou67967/
Gojhu67889/
Ouhou67817/
Oyoua67713/
Hoyou67561/
Ozoux67353/
Odjou67348/
Ouzou67269/
Ouyou67182/
Gojui67182/
Ojhau67116/
Osoud6791/
Ojohu6790/
Goyou6772/
Hodju6769/
Ou'ou6754/
Gozou6741/
Yoyou6739/
Ozout6728/
Hohou6726/
Ousou6721/
Oscou679/
Oyous679/
Ohoux679/
Hosou676/
Hojut676/
Houou676/
Oyoup676/
Gojju675/
Yojju675/
Osoup675/
Oujou675/
Osohu674/
Ojuis674/
Oochu674/
Oyouh673/
Ohoud673/
Hojus672/
Ojeeu672/
Hojou672/
Oisou672/
Oosuh672/
Ojihu672/
Orzou671/
Ohyou671/
Hojui671/
Ojooj671/
Ojuhe671/
Ozouh671/
Ohiju671/
Oyohu671/
Hooyu671/
Oohou671/
Oyout671/
Oysou671/
Ojoua671/
Yoaou671/
Goouh671/
Goozu671/
Ehoou671/
Ogiou671/
Odjus671/
Ozoud671/
Oijuh671/
Ohsou671/
Huoju671/

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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 Ooju
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