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
Akaja (Hindi: अकाजा, Marathi: एकाजा) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akaja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,231,034th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Akaja reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,083,225th most commonly occurring forename world-wide, held by 79 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 165 people, or 1 in 1,073,592. In Nigeria Akaja is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 21 percent reside, Lagos, where 13 percent reside and Delta, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 5 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
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
- 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 Akaja
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