Oroja Surname
Approximately 447 people bear this surname
Oroja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 431 | 1:411,004 | 21,432 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Oroja (47) may also be a first name.
Oroja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oroja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oroja is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oroja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 669,375th most numerous surname on earth, held by around 1 in 16,303,235 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Oroja reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 47 people.
The last name Oroja is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 431 people, or 1 in 411,004. In Nigeria Oroja is most common in: Benue, where 39 percent are found, Lagos, where 36 percent are found and Ogun, where 8 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and Taiwan, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Oroja
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