Ejah Surname
Approximately 2,401 people bear this surname
Ejah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,769 | 1:100,137 | 6,813 |
| Cameroon | 442 | 1:46,989 | 6,160 |
| Mauritania | 90 | 1:45,498 | 3,395 |
| Malaysia | 37 | 1:797,141 | 36,924 |
| Indonesia | 30 | 1:4,408,306 | 217,989 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Ejah (1,227) may also be a first name.
Ejah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ejah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ejah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺟﺎﻩ, Hindi: एजाह) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ejah.
How Common Is The Last Name Ejah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 178,005th most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 3,035,213 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ejah live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 225,866th most prevalent given name at a global level It is held by 1,227 people.
The last name Ejah is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,769 people, or 1 in 100,137. In Nigeria Ejah is most common in: Cross River, where 35 percent live, Benue, where 18 percent live and Rivers, where 10 percent live. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 18 percent live and Mauritania, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ejah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ejah in the Hindi language | ||
| एजाह | ejaha | - |
| Ejah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺟﺎﻩ | ajah | 67.57 |
| ﺃﺟﺎﻩ | ajah | 16.22 |
| ﺍﻳﺠﺎﻩ | ayjah | 8.11 |
| ﺍﻟﺠﺎﻩ | aljah | 5.41 |
| ﺃﻳﺠﺎﻩ | ayjah | 2.7 |
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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 Ejah
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