Alhaji Surname
Approximately 258,341 people bear this surname
Alhaji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 250,622 | 1:707 | 84 |
| Libya | 3,406 | 1:1,833 | 558 |
| Niger | 1,165 | 1:16,474 | 1,095 |
| Ghana | 901 | 1:29,990 | 3,547 |
| Saudi Arabia | 755 | 1:40,869 | 6,011 |
| Cameroon | 603 | 1:34,443 | 4,636 |
| Kuwait | 135 | 1:28,153 | 3,584 |
| Liberia | 133 | 1:33,147 | 3,107 |
| Yemen | 103 | 1:256,556 | 9,308 |
| United Arab Emirates | 97 | 1:94,456 | 8,360 |
| Bahrain | 88 | 1:15,325 | 3,085 |
| Syria | 76 | 1:253,961 | 4,300 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| Thailand | 27 | 1:2,616,235 | 275,741 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| United States | 24 | 1:15,102,456 | 529,929 |
| Tanzania | 21 | 1:2,521,029 | 48,569 |
| Palestine | 18 | 1:252,714 | 10,113 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Oman | 11 | 1:335,270 | 4,992 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Turkey | 7 | 1:11,117,346 | 139,182 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Alhaji (332,981) may also be a first name.
Alhaji Demographics
Alhaji Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Alhaji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alhaji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alhaji (Arabic: الحاجى, Marathi: हाजी) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alhaji? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,119th most frequent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 28,209 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Alhaji live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,134th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 332,981 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 250,622 people, or 1 in 707. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Borno, where 12 percent live, Sokoto, where 10 percent live and Yobe, where 9 percent live. Other than Nigeria Alhaji exists in 53 countries. It is also found in Libya, where 1 percent live and Niger, where 0 percent live.
Alhaji Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Sunni (67%) in Lebanon and Muslim (96%) in Nigeria.
Alhaji earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26% less than the national average, earning $31,931 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alhaji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alhaji in the Marathi language | ||
| हाजी | haji | - |
| Alhaji in the Arabic language | ||
| الحاجى | alhajy | - |
| الحاجي | alhajy | - |
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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 Alhaji
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