Ejema Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Ejema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 95 | 1:1,864,661 | 66,902 |
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
Ejema (162) may also be a first name.
Ejema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ejema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ejema (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺟﻤﻪ) occurs most in Nigeria. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ejema? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,459,453rd most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. Ejema is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ejema are found; 66 percent are found in West Africa and 65 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 720,105th most frequent forename in the world It is held by 162 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 95 people, or 1 in 1,864,661. In Nigeria Ejema is most frequent in: Kogi, where 41 percent reside, Benue, where 27 percent reside and Delta, where 17 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 24 percent reside and Uganda, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ejema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ejema in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺟﻤﻪ | ajmh | 50 |
| ﺍﺟﻢ | ajm | 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 Ejema
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