Ajifa Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Ajifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 135 | 1:1,312,169 | 51,890 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Ajifa (4,666) may also be a first name.
Ajifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ajifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ajifa (Bengali: আজিফা, Hindi: अजीफा) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ajifa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,380,086th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Ajifa reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 100,342nd most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 4,666 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 135 people, or 1 in 1,312,169. In Nigeria Ajifa is most frequent in: Ondo, where 32 percent are found, Ekiti, where 22 percent are found and Lagos, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Ajifa exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 14 percent are found and Niger, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ajifa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ajifa in the Hindi language | ||
| अजीफा | ajipha | 75 |
| आजिफा | ajipha | 16.67 |
| अजिफा | ajipha | 8.33 |
| Ajifa in the Bengali language | ||
| আজিফা | ajipha | 66.67 |
| অজিফা | ajipha | 33.33 |
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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 Ajifa
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