Ejija Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Ejija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
Ejija (50) may also be a first name.
Ejija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ejija Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ejija is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Ejija click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ejija? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,432,070th most widely held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ejija reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ejija is also the 1,412,538th most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 50 people.
The last name Ejija is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Ejija is most common in: Benue, where 41 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 23 percent are found and Oyo, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 33 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ejija
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