Ajoa Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Ajoa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 83 | 1:2,134,250 | 73,634 |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Ajoa (272) may also be a first name.
Ajoa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ajoa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ajoa (Arabic: آخوا) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ajoa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,409,418th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Ajoa are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 538,995th most frequently held forename on earth It is held by 272 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 2,134,250. In Nigeria Ajoa is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 37 percent reside, Lagos, where 25 percent reside and Osun, where 25 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 25 percent reside and Uganda, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ajoa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ajoa in the Arabic language | ||
| آخوا | akhwa | - |
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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 Ajoa
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