Ajege Surname
Approximately 402 people bear this surname
Ajege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 362 | 1:489,345 | 24,522 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Ajege (88) may also be a first name.
Ajege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ajege Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ajege is found most in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ajege? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 723,769th most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 18,128,224 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ajege reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ajege is also the 1,017,994th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 88 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 362 people, or 1 in 489,345. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Nasarawa, where 35 percent live, Kogi, where 19 percent live and Benue, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Ajege exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 5 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.
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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 Ajege
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