Ajia Surname
Approximately 2,814 people bear this surname
Ajia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,434 | 1:72,778 | 5,229 |
| Niger | 179 | 1:107,218 | 4,331 |
| Cameroon | 41 | 1:506,563 | 40,818 |
| Uganda | 36 | 1:1,084,424 | 45,587 |
| Indonesia | 31 | 1:4,266,103 | 213,470 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Israel | 11 | 1:777,967 | 50,646 |
| Venezuela | 11 | 1:2,745,825 | 29,869 |
| Lebanon | 8 | 1:704,635 | 14,756 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Ajia (1,869) may also be a first name.
Ajia Demographics
Average Ajia Salary in
United States
$16,500 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ajia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ajia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ajia (Arabic: اجَّيا, Hindi: अजीअ, Oriya: ଅଜିଆ) is found most in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ajia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ajia is the 155,685th most frequent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 2,589,746 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ajia live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 176,043rd most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 1,869 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,434 people, or 1 in 72,778. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Kwara, where 25 percent reside, Benue, where 13 percent reside and Lagos, where 7 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 19 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 6 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Ajia Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Ajia surname is chiefly Melkite Greek Catholic (67%) in Lebanon and Muslim (60%) in Nigeria.
Ajia earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 61.76% less than the national average, earning $16,500 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ajia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ajia in the Hindi language | ||
| अजीअ | aji'a | - |
| Ajia in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅଜିଆ | aji'a | 87.76 |
| ଆଜିଆ | aji'a | 6.12 |
| ଆଜି | aji | 2.04 |
| ଅଯିଆ | ayi'a | 2.04 |
| ଅଜୀଆ | aji'a | 2.04 |
| Ajia in the Arabic language | ||
| اجَّيا | ajaya | - |
| اجيّا | ajya | - |
| اجيه | ajyh | - |
| اجيا | ajya | - |
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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 Ajia
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