Chijama Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Chijama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Chijama (4) may also be a first name.
Chijama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chijama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chijama is most common in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chijama? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chijama reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Chijama is also the 6,192,526th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 4 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Chijama is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 67 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 33 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 25 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 Chijama
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