Ajowa Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Ajowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ajowa (44) may also be a first name.
Ajowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ajowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ajowa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ajowa? popularity and diffusion
Ajowa is the 3,543,123rd most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Ajowa live; 52 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ajowa is also the 1,525,482nd most prevalent forename internationally. It is borne by 44 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Edo, where 56 percent reside, Lagos, where 31 percent reside and Ondo, where 6 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 39 percent reside and Uganda, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Ajowa
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