Alajah Surname
Approximately 294 people bear this surname
Alajah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Alajah (45) may also be a first name.
Alajah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alajah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alajah (Arabic: الجاح) is found most in Egypt. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Alajah.
How Common Is The Last Name Alajah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 906,170th most widespread family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 24,787,571 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Alajah reside; 94 percent reside in North Africa and 94 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 1,504,468th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 45 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is borne by 275 people, or 1 in 334,312. Without taking into account Egypt this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 5 percent live and Afghanistan, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alajah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alajah in the Arabic language | ||
| الجاح | aljah | - |
| الاجه | alajh | - |
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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
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- 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 Alajah
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