Bajeh Surname
Approximately 1,131 people bear this surname
Bajeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 735 | 1:241,011 | 13,988 |
| Jordan | 222 | 1:39,831 | 4,461 |
| Iran | 150 | 1:511,883 | 30,108 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bajeh (119) may also be a first name.
Bajeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bajeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bajeh occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Bajeh.
How Common Is The Last Name Bajeh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 328,117th most widespread surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 6,443,454 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Bajeh live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bajeh is also the 856,040th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 119 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 735 people, or 1 in 241,011. In Nigeria Bajeh is most prevalent in: Kogi, where 49 percent reside, Kaduna, where 17 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 20 percent reside and Iran, where 13 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 Bajeh
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