Fajoye Surname
Approximately 592 people bear this surname
Fajoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 582 | 1:304,369 | 16,951 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Fajoye (25) may also be a first name.
Fajoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fajoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fajoye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fajoye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 542,091st most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 12,310,044 people. The surname Fajoye is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Fajoye are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 25 people.
Fajoye is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 582 people, or 1 in 304,369. In Nigeria Fajoye is primarily found in: Osun, where 34 percent reside, Oyo, where 29 percent reside and Lagos, where 16 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 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
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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 Fajoye
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