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 carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Adeja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 853,416th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 22,773,581 people. Adeja is mostly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Adeja are found; 68 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 784,558th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 139 people.
The surname Adeja is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 216 people, or 1 in 820,105. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ogun, where 75 percent live, Ekiti, where 6 percent live and Niger, where 4 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 21 percent live and Argentina, where 4 percent live.
Adeja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Adeja surname is primarily 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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