Arapaja Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Arapaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 63 | 1:2,811,790 | 89,258 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Arapaja (15) may also be a first name.
Arapaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arapaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Arapaja is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arapaja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Arapaja is the 2,394,033rd most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Arapaja are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Arapaja is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 15 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 2,811,790. In Nigeria Arapaja is primarily found in: Oyo, where 75 percent reside, Ekiti, where 11 percent reside and Lagos, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arapaj | 92 | 759 | / |
| Harapajah | 88 | 1 | / |
| Arapaya | 86 | 16 | / |
| Harapaj | 86 | 13 | / |
| Arapa | 83 | 10,065 | / |
| Arapohja | 80 | 3 | / |
| Airapaya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Araphajh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Airapa | 77 | 220 | / |
| Harapa | 77 | 195 | / |
| Arapai | 77 | 140 | / |
| Arappa | 77 | 52 | / |
| Arapha | 77 | 34 | / |
| Arrapa | 77 | 17 | / |
| Aurapa | 77 | 11 | / |
| Arapay | 77 | 8 | / |
| Arzapa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Earapa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Arapae | 77 | 1 | / |
| Araipa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Harapj | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aropaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Arapayu | 71 | 223 | / |
| Harapay | 71 | 89 | / |
| Earappa | 71 | 20 | / |
| Harapej | 71 | 19 | / |
| Harappa | 71 | 11 | / |
| Harapai | 71 | 10 | / |
| Harapha | 71 | 8 | / |
| Garapai | 71 | 8 | / |
| Arapiya | 71 | 7 | / |
| Arappay | 71 | 6 | / |
| Garapau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Asrapay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Airappa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Arapayi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Arapais | 71 | 1 | / |
| Arapaip | 71 | 1 | / |
| Airaipa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Airahpa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Airaapa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aurzapa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aarappa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Harapae | 71 | 1 | / |
| Arapuji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Arapi | 67 | 7,055 | / |
| Orapa | 67 | 3,070 | / |
| Arape | 67 | 2,438 | / |
| Aropa | 67 | 558 | / |
| Arapy | 67 | 214 | / |
| Horopaja | 67 | 11 | / |
| Arapé | 67 | 8 | / |
| Harahapa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Arapí | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arapè | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arapiyat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haairapa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Harapiya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Garapeya | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Arapaja
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