Eija Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Eija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Eija (27,028) may also be a first name.
Eija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eija Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Eija (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻳﺞ, Oriya: େଜ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Eija? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Eija is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Eija live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 38 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 30,185th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 27,028 people.
The last name Eija is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is most common in: Abia, where 100 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Eija exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 25 percent reside and Belgium, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Eija Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Eija in the Oriya language | ||
| େଜ | eja | - |
| Eija in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻳﺞ | ayj | 50 |
| ﺃﻳﺠﻪ | ayjh | 50 |
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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 Eija
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