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
The surname Oriji is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Oriji.
How Common Is The Last Name Oriji? popularity and diffusion
The surname Oriji is the 99,389th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,530,033 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Oriji live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 614,549th most common first name throughout the world, held by 216 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4,674 people, or 1 in 37,900. In Nigeria Oriji is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 27 percent are found, Rivers, where 26 percent are found and Anambra, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Japan, where 1 percent are found.
Oriji Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (95%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Oriji last name are 30.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 83.33% being registered with the political 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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