The surname Oja
A surname, carried by 1,050 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex O200
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,050 people named Oja in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 294,043 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,056.
#24,012
rank among US surnames
1,050
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
-0.6%
change since 2000 (was #22,706)
Who is named Oja
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
91% of people named Oja identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.5% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 91%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
- Two or more races 2.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Oja has the Soundex code O200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O200.
Questions
- How common is the surname Oja?
- 1,050 people in the United States had the surname Oja in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,043 Americans. It ranked 24,012th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Oja?
- In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Oja identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Oja getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,056 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,050 in 2010, down 0.6%.