Alhajia Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Alhajia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
Alhajia (104) may also be a first name.
Alhajia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alhajia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alhajia is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Alhajia click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alhajia? popularity and diffusion
Alhajia is the 3,957,383rd most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. Alhajia is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Alhajia live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 925,156th most commonly held forename in the world, borne by 104 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 7,380,948. In Nigeria Alhajia is most numerous in: Kano, where 38 percent live, Sokoto, where 29 percent live and Adamawa, where 4 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Libya, where 4 percent live.
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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 Alhajia
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