Adjaka Surname
Approximately 2,811 people bear this surname
Adjaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,899 | 1:5,443 | 718 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Nigeria | 63 | 1:2,811,790 | 89,258 |
| Niger | 21 | 1:913,906 | 20,544 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Adjaka (81) may also be a first name.
Adjaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adjaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Adjaka is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Adjaka.
How Common Is The Last Name Adjaka? popularity and diffusion
The last name Adjaka is the 155,842nd most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 2,592,510 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Adjaka are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Adjaka is also the 1,068,082nd most numerous first name on earth, borne by 81 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Benin, where it is borne by 1,899 people, or 1 in 5,443. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 35 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 21 percent are found and Zou Department, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Benin this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 19 percent are found and Ghana, where 10 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 Adjaka
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