Oriji Surname
Approximately 4,763 people bear this surname
Oriji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4,674 | 1:37,900 | 3,065 |
| United States | 38 | 1:9,538,393 | 399,091 |
| Japan | 33 | 1:3,874,069 | 36,135 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Oriji (216) may also be a first name.
Oriji Demographics
Oriji Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Oriji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oriji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Oriji is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oriji? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oriji is the 99,389th most numerous family name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,530,033 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Oriji reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oriji is also the 614,549th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 216 people.
Oriji is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 4,674 people, or 1 in 37,900. In Nigeria Oriji is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 27 percent live, Rivers, where 26 percent live and Anambra, where 11 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Japan, where 1 percent live.
Oriji Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Oriji last name is chiefly Christian (95%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Oriji surname are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 83.33% registered with the party.
Oriji earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.37% more than the national average, earning $50,646 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 Oriji
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