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
Alaje (Marathi: एलजे) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alaje? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 273,426th most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 5,124,856 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Alaje reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alaje is also the 584,346th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 235 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,252 people, or 1 in 141,488. In Nigeria Alaje is most prevalent in: Benue, where 31 percent reside, Oyo, where 18 percent reside and Lagos, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Venezuela, where 8 percent reside and Niger, where 2 percent reside.
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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