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
Chijama is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Chijama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chijama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 8,968,613th most commonly held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is mostly found 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 widespread first name in the world, borne by 4 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 67 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 33 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in Tanzania, where 25 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 Chijama
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