Ojami Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Ojami Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Ojami (26) may also be a first name.
Ojami Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojami Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ojami is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojami? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ojami is the 4,427,875th most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. Ojami is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Ojami reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ojami is also the 2,084,397th most frequent given name in the world. It is borne by 26 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria it is most common in: Nasarawa, where 75 percent reside, Ondo, where 19 percent reside and Rivers, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Ojami exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 10 percent reside and Canada, where 5 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 Ojami
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