Gajere Surname
Approximately 7,842 people bear this surname
Gajere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6,424 | 1:27,575 | 2,352 |
| Niger | 1,398 | 1:13,728 | 952 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
The alternate forms: Gajéré (8) are calculated separately.
Gajere (2,089) may also be a first name.
Gajere Demographics
Gajere Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Gajere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gajere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gajere (Marathi: गजरे, Oriya: ଗେଜେର) occurs most in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant: Gajéré. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gajere? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gajere is the 63,859th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 929,297 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gajere live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 164,708th most numerous first name on earth It is held by 2,089 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6,424 people, or 1 in 27,575. In Nigeria Gajere is most common in: Kaduna, where 34 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 8 percent live and Nasarawa, where 7 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 18 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Gajere Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Gajere last name is predominantly Christian (94%) in Nigeria.
Gajere earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 37.86% less than the national average, earning $26,812 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gajere Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gajere in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗେଜେର | gejera | - |
| Gajere in the Marathi language | ||
| गजरे | gajare | - |
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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 Gajere
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