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 surname Ejema (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺟﻤﻪ) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ejema.
How Common Is The Last Name Ejema? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,459,453rd most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. The surname Ejema is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ejema reside; 66 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ejema is also the 720,105th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 162 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 1,864,661. In Nigeria Ejema is mostly concentrated in: Kogi, where 41 percent live, Benue, where 27 percent live and Delta, where 17 percent live. Barring Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 24 percent live and Uganda, where 8 percent live.
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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