Opaja Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Opaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 119 | 1:328,061 | 22,062 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Opaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Opaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Opaja occurs more in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Opaja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Opaja is the 1,551,568th most frequent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Opaja reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 89 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 119 people, or 1 in 328,061. In Uganda Opaja is most frequent in: Bukedea District, where 71 percent are found, Kampala District, where 8 percent are found and Pallisa District, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Uganda this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 10 percent are found and Mexico, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopaja | 91 | 2 | / |
| Oupaja | 91 | 1 | / |
| Opaaja | 91 | 1 | / |
| Opajah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gopaja | 91 | 1 | / |
| Opaa | 89 | 174 | / |
| Apaja | 80 | 189 | / |
| Opaya | 80 | 107 | / |
| Opaje | 80 | 66 | / |
| Opoja | 80 | 34 | / |
| Ophaa | 80 | 19 | / |
| Opija | 80 | 16 | / |
| Opaia | 80 | 7 | / |
| Gopaj | 80 | 6 | / |
| Opaji | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ophaj | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oipaa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hopaj | 80 | 1 | / |
| Opa | 75 | 4,604 | / |
| Opj | 75 | 3 | / |
| Opaaje | 73 | 711 | / |
| Gopaji | 73 | 103 | / |
| Hopaya | 73 | 56 | / |
| Gopaju | 73 | 28 | / |
| Aphaja | 73 | 26 | / |
| Gopaya | 73 | 15 | / |
| Hopaji | 73 | 6 | / |
| Opijah | 73 | 4 | / |
| Oupaha | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ophaai | 73 | 3 | / |
| Opaaye | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hapaja | 73 | 2 | / |
| Opajje | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hopaia | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ophaji | 73 | 1 | / |
| Opahai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oupeja | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gapaja | 73 | 1 | / |
| Apfaja | 73 | 1 | / |
| Opahji | 73 | 1 | / |
| Opaaji | 73 | 1 | / |
| Opauya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Opayau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hopa | 67 | 4,314 | / |
| Apaa | 67 | 3,244 | / |
| Opha | 67 | 1,814 | / |
| Opai | 67 | 868 | / |
| Oppa | 67 | 562 | / |
| Opay | 67 | 470 | / |
| Opea | 67 | 311 | / |
| Oopa | 67 | 187 | / |
| Oupa | 67 | 150 | / |
| Đopa | 67 | 122 | / |
| Opae | 67 | 101 | / |
| Țopa | 67 | 80 | / |
| Ðopa | 67 | 49 | / |
| Oipa | 67 | 36 | / |
| Opau | 67 | 21 | / |
| Opoa | 67 | 10 | / |
| Opeyaya | 67 | 9 | / |
| Opheeja | 67 | 7 | / |
| Apaj | 67 | 7 | / |
| Hopahai | 67 | 6 | / |
| Haphaja | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ozpj | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ophj | 67 | 3 | / |
| Oypa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Uopa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Otpj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gopajee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Opfa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hopj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Opúa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uopj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Opje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Opjd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouppaia | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hophajh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haapaja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oupj | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Opaja
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