Orji Surname
Approximately 182,738 people bear this surname
Orji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 179,255 | 1:988 | 123 |
| Togo | 1,365 | 1:5,310 | 1,020 |
| Ghana | 1,039 | 1:26,006 | 3,108 |
| United States | 441 | 1:821,902 | 63,073 |
| England | 323 | 1:172,502 | 15,799 |
| South Africa | 103 | 1:525,997 | 42,056 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Iceland | 13 | 1:29,238 | 2,297 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | 1:916,227 | 36,116 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Northern Cyprus | 2 | 1:159,506 | 9,062 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Orji (15,597) may also be a first name.
Orji Demographics
Orji Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Orji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orji (Marathi: ओरजी) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Orji click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orji? popularity and diffusion
The surname Orji is the 3,084th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 39,880 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Orji reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Orji is also the 45,163rd most prevalent first name in the world, held by 15,597 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 179,255 people, or 1 in 988. In Nigeria Orji is most numerous in: Anambra, where 19 percent live, Imo, where 18 percent live and Abia, where 16 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 54 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 1 percent live and Ghana, where 1 percent live.
Orji Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Orji surname is predominantly Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Orji surname are 45.36% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 98.59% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Orji earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 24.1% more than the national average, earning R 294,912 per year; in United States they earn 1.65% less than the national average, earning $42,436 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.58% less than the national average, earning $46,912 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Orji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Orji in the Marathi language | ||
| ओरजी | oraji | - |
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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 Orji
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