Gajima Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Gajima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Gajima (38) may also be a first name.
Gajima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gajima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gajima (Hindi: गाजिमा, Marathi: गािजमा, Oriya: ଗାଜିମ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gajima? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,649,889th most numerous surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Gajima are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 38 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria Gajima is most common in: Yobe, where 53 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 33 percent live and Niger, where 7 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Gajima occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 6 percent live and India, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gajima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gajima in the Hindi language | ||
| गाजिमा | gajima | - |
| Gajima in the Marathi language | ||
| गािजमा | gaijama | - |
| Gajima in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାଜିମ | gajima | 50 |
| ଗାଜିମା | gajima | 50 |
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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 Gajima
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