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 is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gijaja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gijaja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gijaja is the 6,360,413th most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gijaja live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Yobe, where 100 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 11 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 Gijaja
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