Alahja Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Alahja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Alahja (18) may also be a first name.
Alahja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alahja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alahja occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Alahja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alahja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Alahja are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alahja is also the 2,608,198th most widely held given name in the world, held by 18 people.
The surname Alahja is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria Alahja is most prevalent in: Niger, where 67 percent reside, Ekiti, where 11 percent reside and Lagos, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Spain, where 10 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 Alahja
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