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
The last name Ijema is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ijema? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ijema is the 825,152nd most common surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 21,689,125 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ijema are found; 86 percent are found in East Africa and 85 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Ijema is also the 769,375th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 144 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 285 people, or 1 in 162,035. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Tana River County, where 98 percent live, Lamu County, where 1 percent live and Kilifi County, where 0 percent live. Besides Kenya this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 14 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Ijema Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Ijema last name 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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