Alhaja Surname
Approximately 665 people bear this surname
Alhaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 524 | 1:338,059 | 18,385 |
| Spain | 123 | 1:380,098 | 21,146 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Alhaja (2,555) may also be a first name.
Alhaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alhaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alhaja is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Alhaja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alhaja? popularity and diffusion
Alhaja is the 496,112th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 10,958,716 people. The last name Alhaja is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Alhaja live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alhaja is also the 145,755th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 2,555 people.
The surname Alhaja is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 524 people, or 1 in 338,059. In Nigeria Alhaja is most common in: Oyo, where 15 percent reside, Lagos, where 14 percent reside and Kwara, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Alhaja is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 18 percent reside and Qatar, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Alhaja
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