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
Average Ajao Salary in
United States
$52,571 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ajao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ajao Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ajao is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ajao? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ajao is the 14,388th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 187,915 people. Ajao occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ajao live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ajao is also the 103,847th most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 4,409 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 36,484 people, or 1 in 4,855. In Nigeria Ajao is mostly found in: Oyo, where 36 percent are found, Lagos, where 22 percent are found and Osun, where 13 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Ajao occurs in 39 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 2 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.
Ajao Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Ajao last name is primarily Christian (55%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Ajao surname are 29.12% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 82.35% registered with the 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
- 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 Ajao
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