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 borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Orojo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Orojo is the 477,400th most prevalent family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 10,410,780 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Orojo reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Orojo is also the 2,036,353rd most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 27 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 668 people, or 1 in 265,184. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ondo, where 41 percent are found, Ekiti, where 27 percent are found and Lagos, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Orojo occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 2 percent are found and Uganda, 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 Orojo
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