Erijah Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Erijah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Erijah (85) may also be a first name.
Erijah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Erijah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Erijah is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Erijah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Erijah is the 2,333,370th most commonly used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Erijah are found; 76 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,039,322nd most widely held forename on earth. It is borne by 85 people.
The surname Erijah is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 3,473,387. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ondo, where 96 percent reside and Lagos, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 21 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Erijah
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