Akaja Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Akaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 165 | 1:1,073,592 | 44,679 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Akaja (79) may also be a first name.
Akaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akaja (Hindi: अकाजा, Marathi: एकाजा) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akaja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Akaja is the 1,231,034th most frequently used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. Akaja occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Akaja live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,083,225th most widely held forename internationally, borne by 79 people.
The last name Akaja is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 165 people, or 1 in 1,073,592. In Nigeria Akaja is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 21 percent are found, Lagos, where 13 percent are found and Delta, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 5 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akaja in the Marathi language | ||
| एकाजा | ekaja | - |
| Akaja in the Hindi language | ||
| अकाजा | akaja | 66.67 |
| आकाजा | akaja | 33.33 |
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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 Akaja
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