Ajemian Surname

725,073rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 401 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Ajemian Surname User-submission:

The Ajemian surname could come from Turkish, Persian word acem, meaning 'foreigner'. There is also an Arabic word ajam, meaning 'one who speaks Arabic incorrectly', such as a foreigner would.

Ajemian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3631:998,50973,813
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
England21:27,859,030389,889
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Ajémian (1) are calculated separately.

Ajemian Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Ajemian surname could come from Turkish, Persian word acem, meaning 'foreigner'. There is also an Arabic word ajam, meaning 'one who speaks Arabic incorrectly', such as a foreigner would.

- sahag

Ajemian Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ajemian Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ajemian is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be found as a variant: Ajémian. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ajemian? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ajemian is the 725,073rd most frequently held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 18,173,431 people. The last name Ajemian is mostly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Ajemian reside; 83 percent reside in North America and 80 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Ajemian is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 363 people, or 1 in 998,509. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 25 percent are found, Massachusetts, where 24 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 6 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 5 percent are found and Argentina, where 2 percent are found.

Ajemian Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ajemian last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Ajemian earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 26.13% more than the national average, earning $54,423 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.34% less than the national average, earning $44,547 CAD per year.

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