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 occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chijama? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,968,613th most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Chijama reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 6,192,526th most numerous first name globally It is held by 4 people.
Chijama is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Chijama is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 67 percent live and Bayelsa, where 33 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 25 percent live.
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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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