Ijaka Surname
Approximately 315 people bear this surname
Ijaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 179 | 1:257,988 | 17,342 |
| India | 66 | 1:11,622,203 | 212,115 |
| Uganda | 58 | 1:673,091 | 34,310 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Ijaka (66) may also be a first name.
Ijaka Demographics
Ijaka Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ijaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ijaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ijaka (Oriya: ଇଜାକ) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ijaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 862,604th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 23,135,066 people. The last name Ijaka occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Ijaka live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 45 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 66 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 179 people, or 1 in 257,988. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Busia County, where 70 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 27 percent live and Kakamega County, where 2 percent live. Besides Kenya this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 21 percent live and Uganda, where 18 percent live.
Ijaka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Ijaka surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ijaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ijaka in the Oriya language | ||
| ଇଜାକ | ijaka | - |
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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 Ijaka
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