Ajegi Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Ajegi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 182 | 1:973,312 | 41,407 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ajegi (29) may also be a first name.
Ajegi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ajegi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ajegi occurs most in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ajegi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ajegi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,257,535th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. The surname Ajegi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ajegi live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most numerous first name globally, held by 29 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 182 people, or 1 in 973,312. In Nigeria Ajegi is most common in: Benue, where 36 percent are found, Cross River, where 35 percent are found and Lagos, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 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 Ajegi
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