Alhajie Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Alhajie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
Alhajie (122) may also be a first name.
Alhajie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alhajie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alhajie is most common in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Alhajie click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alhajie? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 60 percent of Alhajie reside; 40 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 844,248th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 122 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Alhajie is most common in: Borno, where 50 percent live and Kogi, where 50 percent live. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent live and Libya, where 20 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 Alhajie
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