Ijema Surname
Approximately 336 people bear this surname
Ijema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 285 | 1:162,035 | 12,648 |
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Ijema (144) may also be a first name.
Ijema Demographics
Ijema Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ijema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ijema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ijema is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Ijema click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ijema? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 825,152nd most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 21,689,125 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ijema live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Ijema is also the 769,375th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 144 people.
It is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 285 people, or 1 in 162,035. In Kenya Ijema is most numerous in: Tana River County, where 98 percent reside, Lamu County, where 1 percent reside and Kilifi County, where 0 percent reside. Outside of Kenya this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 14 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.
Ijema Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Ijema surname is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Ijema
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