Ijaja Surname
Approximately 703 people bear this surname
Ijaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 660 | 1:268,398 | 15,321 |
| India | 41 | 1:18,708,912 | 282,725 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ijaja (867) may also be a first name.
Ijaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ijaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ijaja (Hindi: इजाजा, Marathi: इजाज, Oriya: ଇଜାଜ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ijaja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ijaja is the 475,771st most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 10,366,353 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Ijaja live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ijaja is also the 276,394th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world, borne by 867 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 660 people, or 1 in 268,398. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kogi, where 53 percent are found, Benue, where 12 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 10 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 6 percent are found and Nepal, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ijaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ijaja in the Oriya language | ||
| ଇଜାଜ | ijaja | - |
| Ijaja in the Hindi language | ||
| इजाजा | ijaja | 77.78 |
| ईजाजा | ijaja | 11.11 |
| इजाज | ijaja | 11.11 |
| Ijaja in the Marathi language | ||
| इजाज | ijaja | 73.33 |
| इजाजा | ijaja | 13.33 |
| िजजा | ijaja | 6.67 |
| ऐजाज | aijaja | 6.67 |
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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 Ijaja
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