Ojenya Surname
Approximately 298 people bear this surname
Ojenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 287 | 1:617,222 | 29,344 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
Ojenya (47) may also be a first name.
Ojenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ojenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ojenya has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ojenya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 897,852nd most numerous family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 24,454,852 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ojenya live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ojenya is also the 1,467,136th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 47 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 287 people, or 1 in 617,222. In Nigeria Ojenya is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 59 percent are found, Kogi, where 26 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 3 percent are found and Tanzania, 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 Ojenya
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