Aladja Surname
Approximately 638 people bear this surname
Aladja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 261 | 1:39,600 | 5,089 |
| Nigeria | 154 | 1:1,150,278 | 47,013 |
| Philippines | 128 | 1:790,924 | 76,218 |
| Ivory Coast | 59 | 1:391,038 | 13,490 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
Aladja (114) may also be a first name.
Aladja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aladja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Aladja occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Aladja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 512,152nd most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 11,422,486 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Aladja reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Aladja is also the 877,214th most frequently occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 114 people.
The surname Aladja is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 261 people, or 1 in 39,600. In Benin Aladja is primarily concentrated in: Collines Department, where 70 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 18 percent reside and Donga Department, where 8 percent reside. Not including Benin it is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 24 percent reside and The Philippines, where 20 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 Aladja
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