Alauja Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Alauja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
Alauja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alauja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alauja is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Alauja.
How Common Is The Last Name Alauja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Alauja is the 4,307,654th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Alauja reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kogi, where 55 percent are found, Akwa Ibom, where 35 percent are found and Lagos, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Alauja occurs in one country. It is also common in Lithuania, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Alauja
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