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
The surname Alahji is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alahji? popularity and diffusion
Alahji is the 626,382nd most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 14,902,957 people. Alahji is mostly found 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 commonly occurring given name world-wide. It is borne by 476 people.
The last name Alahji is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 471 people, or 1 in 376,099. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Jigawa, where 16 percent live, Kogi, where 13 percent live and Bauchi, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs 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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