Ajiya Surname
Approximately 8,062 people bear this surname
Ajiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7,778 | 1:22,775 | 2,015 |
| Niger | 106 | 1:181,057 | 6,330 |
| India | 84 | 1:9,131,731 | 182,786 |
| Japan | 58 | 1:2,204,212 | 28,969 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
Ajiya (7,993) may also be a first name.
Ajiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ajiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ajiya (Bengali: আজিয়া, Hindi: अजीया, Marathi: अजीया, Oriya: ଅଜିୟ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ajiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Ajiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 62,283rd most frequent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 903,938 people. The surname Ajiya is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ajiya are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 71,139th most widespread given name internationally, held by 7,993 people.
The last name Ajiya is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7,778 people, or 1 in 22,775. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Bauchi, where 20 percent live, Zamfara, where 17 percent live and Sokoto, where 12 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 1 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ajiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ajiya in the Bengali language | ||
| আজিয়া | ajiya | - |
| Ajiya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅଜିୟ | ajiya | 63.64 |
| ଅଜିୟା | ajiya | 27.27 |
| ଅଜୟା | ajaya | 9.09 |
| Ajiya in the Marathi language | ||
| अजीया | ajiya | 50 |
| आजीया | ajiya | 33.33 |
| एजीया | ejiya | 6.67 |
| अतीया | atiya | 3.33 |
| फ़ाजीया | fajiya | 3.33 |
| सैयद | saiyada | 3.33 |
| Ajiya in the Hindi language | ||
| अजीया | ajiya | 33.4 |
| आजिया | ajiya | 29.74 |
| अजिया | ajiya | 29.53 |
| अजीय | ajiya | 2.85 |
| अजिय | ajiya | 1.63 |
| आजीया | ajiya | 1.22 |
| आजिय | ajiya | 0.81 |
| ाजिया | ajiya | 0.41 |
| ााजिया | aajiya | 0.2 |
| आसिया | asiya | 0.2 |
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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 Ajiya
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