Aljaja Surname
Approximately 573 people bear this surname
Aljaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 219 | 1:40,376 | 4,498 |
| Lebanon | 161 | 1:35,013 | 3,400 |
| Palestine | 84 | 1:54,153 | 5,319 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Syria | 41 | 1:470,757 | 5,123 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Aljaja Demographics
Aljaja Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Aljaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aljaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Aljaja is carried by more people in Jordan than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Aljaja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 555,669th most prevalent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 12,718,230 people. The surname Aljaja is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Aljaja are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 88 percent are found in Levant.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Jordan, where it is held by 219 people, or 1 in 40,376. In Jordan Aljaja is most frequent in: Amman Governorate, where 69 percent live, Zarqa Governorate, where 25 percent live and Irbid Governorate, where 3 percent live. Excluding Jordan this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Lebanon, where 28 percent live and Palestine, where 15 percent live.
Aljaja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Shiite (60%) in Lebanon.
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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 Aljaja
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