Oja Family History
Oja Name Meaning
Finnish: habitational name from farms so named from oja ‘brook creek’ with reference to their location. Established as a hereditary surname mostly since the 19th century especially in southwestern Finland and central Ostrobothnia. The surname Oja is more common in Estonia than in Finland. In North America it may also be a shortened form of the surname Ojala .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022