Oparaji Surname

219,249th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,866 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oparaji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oparaji Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,7641:100,4216,839
United States741:4,898,094251,818
England191:2,932,529101,561
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Oparaji (41) may also be a first name.

Oparaji Last Name Facts

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

The last name Oparaji is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Oparaji.

How Common Is The Last Name Oparaji? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 219,249th most commonly held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,905,437 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Oparaji are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most frequently held given name internationally It is held by 41 people.

It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,764 people, or 1 in 100,421. In Nigeria Oparaji is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 28 percent are found, Rivers, where 18 percent are found and Abia, where 10 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Oparaji is found in 11 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Oparaji Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Oparaji surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.

Oparaji earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 69.53% more than the national average, earning $73,150 USD per year.

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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 Oparaji
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