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 more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Gijaja.
How Common Is The Last Name Gijaja? popularity and diffusion
Gijaja is the 6,360,413th most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gijaja live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Gijaja is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Yobe, where 100 percent live. Other than Nigeria Gijaja occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 11 percent live.
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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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