Ejou Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Ejou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 288 | 1:135,553 | 12,390 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Ejou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ejou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ejou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﺟﻮ) is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ejou.
How Common Is The Last Name Ejou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 914,967th most commonly occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 25,129,469 people. Ejou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ejou live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 288 people, or 1 in 135,553. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Amuria District, where 38 percent reside, Soroti District, where 32 percent reside and Serere District, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Uganda it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 0 percent reside and Niger, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ejou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ejou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﺟﻮ | ajw | - |
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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 Ejou
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