Alhj Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Alhj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Alhj (295) may also be a first name.
Alhj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alhj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alhj is found most in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Alhj.
How Common Is The Last Name Alhj? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,944,094th most widespread surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name Alhj is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Alhj live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 513,559th most commonly held forename throughout the world, held by 295 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Kano, where 47 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 17 percent reside and Zamfara, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Alhj exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 14 percent reside and Sudan, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Alhj
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis