Agbaja Surname
Approximately 637 people bear this surname
Agbaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 635 | 1:278,965 | 15,777 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Agbaja (55) may also be a first name.
Agbaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agbaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Agbaja is found most in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Agbaja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Agbaja is the 512,799th most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,440,417 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Agbaja reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Agbaja is also the 1,336,256th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 55 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 635 people, or 1 in 278,965. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 28 percent are found, Kogi, where 11 percent are found and Delta, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 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 Agbaja
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