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
The surname Aljaja is more commonly found in Jordan than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Aljaja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Aljaja is the 555,669th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 12,718,230 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Aljaja reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 88 percent reside in Levant.
It is most frequently used in Jordan, where it is held by 219 people, or 1 in 40,376. In Jordan it is primarily found in: Amman Governorate, where 69 percent are found, Zarqa Governorate, where 25 percent are found and Irbid Governorate, where 3 percent are found. Besides Jordan this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Lebanon, where 28 percent are found and Palestine, where 15 percent are found.
Aljaja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name 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
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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 Aljaja
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