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
The surname Ajiya (Bengali: আজিয়া, Hindi: अजीया, Marathi: अजीया, Oriya: ଅଜିୟ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ajiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 62,283rd most common surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 903,938 people. Ajiya is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ajiya reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ajiya is also the 71,139th most frequent given name world-wide, held by 7,993 people.
Ajiya is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 7,778 people, or 1 in 22,775. In Nigeria Ajiya is most prevalent in: Bauchi, where 20 percent live, Zamfara, where 17 percent live and Sokoto, where 12 percent live. Not including Nigeria Ajiya occurs in 15 countries. It is also found 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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