Ajimah Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Ajimah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 97 | 1:1,826,214 | 65,886 |
| Indonesia | 43 | 1:3,075,563 | 171,061 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Ajimah (447) may also be a first name.
Ajimah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ajimah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ajimah is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ajimah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,453,389th most prevalent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Ajimah are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 66 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ajimah is also the 405,268th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 447 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 97 people, or 1 in 1,826,214. In Nigeria Ajimah is most numerous in: Plateau, where 36 percent live, Benue, where 22 percent live and Enugu, where 15 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 29 percent live and Malaysia, where 2 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 Ajimah
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