Adeja Surname
Approximately 320 people bear this surname
Adeja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 216 | 1:820,105 | 36,398 |
| Philippines | 66 | 1:1,533,912 | 105,821 |
| Argentina | 14 | 1:3,053,101 | 127,728 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Adeja (139) may also be a first name.
Adeja Demographics
Adeja Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Adeja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adeja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adeja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻋﺪﺝ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adeja? popularity and diffusion
Adeja is the 853,416th most common last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 22,773,581 people. The surname Adeja is primarily found in Africa, where 69 percent of Adeja reside; 68 percent reside in West Africa and 68 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adeja is also the 784,558th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 139 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 216 people, or 1 in 820,105. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ogun, where 75 percent are found, Ekiti, where 6 percent are found and Niger, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Adeja is found in 9 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 21 percent are found and Argentina, where 4 percent are found.
Adeja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Adeja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Adeja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻋﺪﺝ | adj | 66.67 |
| ﺍﻋﺪﺝ | adj | 33.33 |
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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 Adeja
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