Alaje Surname
Approximately 1,422 people bear this surname
Alaje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,252 | 1:141,488 | 9,067 |
| Venezuela | 120 | 1:251,701 | 6,224 |
| Niger | 25 | 1:767,681 | 17,983 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Alaje (235) may also be a first name.
Alaje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alaje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alaje (Marathi: एलजे) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Alaje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alaje? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 273,426th most frequently held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 5,124,856 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Alaje live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 584,346th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 235 people.
The surname Alaje is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,252 people, or 1 in 141,488. In Nigeria Alaje is most prevalent in: Benue, where 31 percent are found, Oyo, where 18 percent are found and Lagos, where 11 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Alaje exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Venezuela, where 8 percent are found and Niger, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alaje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alaje in the Marathi language | ||
| एलजे | elaje | - |
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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 Alaje
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