Alahji Surname
Approximately 489 people bear this surname
Alahji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 471 | 1:376,099 | 20,048 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Alahji (476) may also be a first name.
Alahji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alahji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alahji is most common in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Alahji? popularity and diffusion
It is the 626,382nd most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,902,957 people. The surname Alahji occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Alahji reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alahji is also the 389,954th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 476 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 471 people, or 1 in 376,099. In Nigeria Alahji is most frequent in: Jigawa, where 16 percent live, Kogi, where 13 percent live and Bauchi, where 9 percent live. Barring Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Niger, where 0 percent live.
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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 Alahji
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