Bijimi Surname
Approximately 866 people bear this surname
Bijimi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 849 | 1:208,649 | 12,416 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bijimi (136) may also be a first name.
Bijimi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bijimi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bijimi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bijimi.
How Common Is The Last Name Bijimi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 404,712th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 8,415,180 people. The surname Bijimi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bijimi reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bijimi is also the 794,286th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 136 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 849 people, or 1 in 208,649. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kaduna, where 62 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 12 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 7 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and Niger, where 1 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 Bijimi
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