Ijeje Surname
Approximately 417 people bear this surname
Ijeje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 416 | 1:425,824 | 22,047 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Ijeje (141) may also be a first name.
Ijeje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ijeje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ijeje occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ijeje? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 704,927th most prevalent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 17,476,129 people. The last name Ijeje occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ijeje are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ijeje is also the 778,371st most commonly held forename on earth, held by 141 people.
Ijeje is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 416 people, or 1 in 425,824. In Nigeria Ijeje is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 37 percent live, Kogi, where 35 percent live and Rivers, where 9 percent live. Other than Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 0 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
- 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 Ijeje
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