Azege Surname
Approximately 1,836 people bear this surname
Azege Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,817 | 1:97,492 | 6,663 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Azege (122) may also be a first name.
Azege Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Azege Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Azege is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Azege? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 222,049th most commonly held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 3,969,252 people. The surname Azege is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Azege reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 844,248th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 122 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,817 people, or 1 in 97,492. In Nigeria Azege is primarily found in: Benue, where 90 percent reside, Taraba, where 4 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Azege exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Azege
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