Ijaiya Surname
Approximately 335 people bear this surname
Ijaiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 311 | 1:569,591 | 27,605 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ijaiya (11) may also be a first name.
Ijaiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ijaiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ijaiya is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ijaiya? popularity and diffusion
Ijaiya is the 827,165th most numerous last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 21,753,868 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Ijaiya are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ijaiya is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used forename globally, borne by 11 people.
The last name Ijaiya is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 311 people, or 1 in 569,591. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kwara, where 49 percent reside, Kebbi, where 14 percent reside and Niger, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 6 percent reside and Canada, where 0 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ijaiya
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