Edjar Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Edjar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Edjar (205) may also be a first name.
Edjar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Edjar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Edjar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﺟﺎﺭ) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Edjar.
How Common Is The Last Name Edjar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Edjar is the 6,063,924th most common last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. Edjar occurs mostly in Africa, where 40 percent of Edjar reside; 30 percent reside in West Africa and 20 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Edjar is also the 632,267th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 205 people.
Edjar is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 20 percent reside.
Edjar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Edjar has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Edjar surname decreased 85 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Edjar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Edjar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﺟﺎﺭ | ajar | - |
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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
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- 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 Edjar
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