Oshoja Surname
Approximately 327 people bear this surname
Oshoja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 323 | 1:548,430 | 26,767 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
Oshoja (22) may also be a first name.
Oshoja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oshoja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oshoja is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oshoja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Oshoja is the 841,044th most commonly used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 22,286,073 people. The surname Oshoja occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Oshoja are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 22 people.
Oshoja is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 323 people, or 1 in 548,430. In Nigeria Oshoja is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 71 percent reside, Ogun, where 23 percent reside and Ekiti, where 2 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in England, 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 Oshoja
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