Erija Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Erija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Erija (199) may also be a first name.
Erija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Erija Come From? nationality or country of origin
Erija (Hindi: एरिजा, Oriya: ଏରିଜା) occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Erija.
How Common Is The Last Name Erija? popularity and diffusion
The last name Erija is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Erija reside; 46 percent reside in West Africa and 46 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 642,605th most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 199 people.
The surname Erija is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ondo, where 83 percent are found and Lagos, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 23 percent are found and Uganda, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Erija Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Erija in the Hindi language | ||
| एरिजा | erija | - |
| Erija in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏରିଜା | erija | - |
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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 Erija
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