Oroje Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Oroje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
Oroje (12) may also be a first name.
Oroje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oroje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oroje is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oroje? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,206,983rd most common last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Oroje live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most widespread first name in the world, held by 12 people.
The last name Oroje is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria Oroje is most numerous in: Benue, where 35 percent are found, Sokoto, where 35 percent are found and Lagos, where 20 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 9 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 Oroje
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