Ajoya Surname
Approximately 845 people bear this surname
Ajoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 841 | 1:46,420 | 5,728 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ajoya (268) may also be a first name.
Ajoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ajoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ajoya (Bengali: অজয়া, Hindi: अजोया, Oriya: ଅଜୟ) is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Ajoya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ajoya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ajoya is the 412,606th most common surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,624,315 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ajoya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 543,171st most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 268 people.
The surname Ajoya is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 841 people, or 1 in 46,420. In Uganda Ajoya is most frequent in: Yumbe District, where 61 percent are found, Koboko District, where 31 percent are found and Arua District, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Uganda Ajoya is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 0 percent are found and Ghana, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ajoya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ajoya in the Bengali language | ||
| অজয়া | ajaya | - |
| Ajoya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅଜୟ | ajaya | - |
| Ajoya in the Hindi language | ||
| अजोया | ajoya | 70.59 |
| अजोय | ajoya | 23.53 |
| अजॉय | ajoya | 5.88 |
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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 Ajoya
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