Biija Surname
Approximately 296 people bear this surname
Biija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 253 | 1:700,169 | 32,315 |
| Uganda | 41 | 1:952,178 | 42,125 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Biija (14) may also be a first name.
Biija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Biija Come From? nationality or country of origin
Biija occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Biija? popularity and diffusion
It is the 902,012th most prevalent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 24,620,088 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Biija are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Biija is also the 3,024,661st most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 14 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 253 people, or 1 in 700,169. In Nigeria Biija is most common in: Benue, where 58 percent are found, Taraba, where 25 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 17 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 14 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Biija
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