Azorji Surname
Approximately 186 people bear this surname
Azorji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 176 | 1:1,006,493 | 42,496 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Azorji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Azorji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Azorji is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Azorji? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,244,200th most frequent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,180,354 people. The last name Azorji occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Azorji live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 176 people, or 1 in 1,006,493. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 30 percent live, Abia, where 26 percent live and Rivers, where 20 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent live and The Netherlands, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azuorji | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ozorji | 83 | 208 | / |
| Azorgi | 83 | 8 | / |
| Asorji | 83 | 6 | / |
| Azorie | 83 | 3 | / |
| Azarji | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ajorji | 83 | 1 | / |
| Assorji | 77 | 13 | / |
| Achorji | 77 | 7 | / |
| Arzorie | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ozoriji | 77 | 3 | / |
| Hazerji | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ohzorji | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hazourzi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Azourcui | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ashorjit | 71 | 1 | / |
| Acorsi | 67 | 569 | / |
| Azorza | 67 | 366 | / |
| Azorsa | 67 | 343 | / |
| Acorci | 67 | 74 | / |
| Azarie | 67 | 27 | / |
| Asorie | 67 | 26 | / |
| Asarji | 67 | 22 | / |
| Osorji | 67 | 11 | / |
| Osurji | 67 | 4 | / |
| Azargi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Azarzi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Azerie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ozerji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ajarji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Azarhi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Azorse | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Azorji
- 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