Ajao Surname
Approximately 38,781 people bear this surname
Ajao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 36,484 | 1:4,855 | 644 |
| Ghana | 831 | 1:32,516 | 3,831 |
| Uganda | 586 | 1:66,620 | 7,512 |
| England | 324 | 1:171,969 | 15,774 |
| United States | 243 | 1:1,491,601 | 101,667 |
| Swaziland | 126 | 1:10,303 | 513 |
| Ivory Coast | 33 | 1:699,128 | 19,606 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| Burkina Faso | 21 | 1:873,910 | 9,338 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Northern Ireland | 8 | 1:230,630 | 10,839 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Ajao (4,409) may also be a first name.
Ajao Demographics
Ajao Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Ajao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ajao Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ajao occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ajao.
How Common Is The Last Name Ajao? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 14,388th most common family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 187,915 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ajao are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ajao is also the 103,847th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 4,409 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 36,484 people, or 1 in 4,855. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Oyo, where 36 percent live, Lagos, where 22 percent live and Osun, where 13 percent live. Barring Nigeria Ajao occurs in 39 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 2 percent live and Uganda, where 2 percent live.
Ajao Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (55%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Ajao last name are 29.12% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 82.35% being registered with the political party.
The amount Ajao earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 21.84% more than the national average, earning $52,571 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.56% less than the national average, earning $43,444 CAD per year.
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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
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- 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 Ajao
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