Gijaja Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Gijaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gijaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gijaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gijaja occurs most in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gijaja? popularity and diffusion
Gijaja is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gijaja reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Gijaja is most prevalent in: Yobe, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Gijaja
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