Ajobo Surname
Approximately 1,149 people bear this surname
Ajobo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,085 | 1:163,265 | 10,213 |
| Uganda | 38 | 1:1,027,349 | 44,109 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Ajobo (29) may also be a first name.
Ajobo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ajobo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ajobo has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ajobo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 324,225th most numerous family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 6,342,512 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ajobo live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 29 people.
The surname Ajobo is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,085 people, or 1 in 163,265. In Nigeria Ajobo is most common in: Oyo, where 36 percent are found, Osun, where 16 percent are found and Lagos, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Ajobo occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 3 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Ajobo
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