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 last name Eija (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻳﺞ, Oriya: େଜ) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Eija? popularity and diffusion
The last name Eija is the 6,723,624th most numerous family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name 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, borne by 27,028 people.
Eija is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Eija is most common in: Abia, where 100 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 25 percent are found and Belgium, where 13 percent are found.
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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