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 found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ajiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Ajiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 62,283rd most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 903,938 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ajiya live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 71,139th most frequently held forename internationally, borne by 7,993 people.
The last name Ajiya is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 7,778 people, or 1 in 22,775. In Nigeria Ajiya is most common in: Bauchi, where 20 percent are found, Zamfara, where 17 percent are found and Sokoto, where 12 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 1 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
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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