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
Ejema (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺟﻤﻪ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ejema.
How Common Is The Last Name Ejema? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,459,453rd most widespread family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. Ejema occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ejema reside; 66 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 720,105th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 162 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 1,864,661. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kogi, where 41 percent reside, Benue, where 27 percent reside and Delta, where 17 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Ejema occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs 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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