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
Alahja occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Alahja.
How Common Is The Last Name Alahja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,063,924th most common family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. Alahja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Alahja reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most widely held given name throughout the world, held by 18 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria Alahja is primarily found in: Niger, where 67 percent are found, Ekiti, where 11 percent are found and Lagos, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Spain, where 10 percent are found.
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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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