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) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akaja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,231,034th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Akaja reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akaja is also the 1,083,225th most commonly held given name globally, borne by 79 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 165 people, or 1 in 1,073,592. In Nigeria Akaja is mostly concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 21 percent live, Lagos, where 13 percent live and Delta, where 13 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 5 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
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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