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 last name Oroja is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Oroja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oroja? popularity and diffusion
Oroja is the 669,375th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 16,303,235 people. Oroja is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Oroja live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oroja is also the 1,467,136th most common first name world-wide, held by 47 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 431 people, or 1 in 411,004. In Nigeria Oroja is most numerous in: Benue, where 39 percent are found, Lagos, where 36 percent are found and Ogun, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found 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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