Orojo Surname
Approximately 700 people bear this surname
Orojo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 668 | 1:265,184 | 15,175 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Orojo (27) may also be a first name.
Orojo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Orojo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Orojo is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Orojo? popularity and diffusion
Orojo is the 477,400th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 10,410,780 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Orojo reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most numerous given name at a global level It is held by 27 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 668 people, or 1 in 265,184. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 41 percent reside, Ekiti, where 27 percent reside and Lagos, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 2 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Orojo
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