Ajime Surname
Approximately 358 people bear this surname
Ajime Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 274 | 1:646,506 | 30,379 |
| Cameroon | 71 | 1:292,522 | 27,501 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Ajime (85) may also be a first name.
Ajime Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ajime Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ajime (Hindi: आजीमे, Marathi: अजीम) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ajime? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 788,513th most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 20,356,274 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ajime reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ajime is also the 1,039,322nd most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 85 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 274 people, or 1 in 646,506. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 53 percent reside, Borno, where 8 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 20 percent reside and Niger, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ajime Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ajime in the Marathi language | ||
| अजीम | ajima | - |
| Ajime in the Hindi language | ||
| आजीमे | ajime | 50 |
| अजीम | ajima | 50 |
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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 Ajime
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