Jimaja Surname
Approximately 160 people bear this surname
Jimaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 156 | 1:66,254 | 8,094 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
Jimaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jimaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jimaja has its highest incidence in Benin. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jimaja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,374,607th most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Jimaja reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Jimaja is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 156 people, or 1 in 66,254. In Benin Jimaja is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 72 percent live, Littoral Department, where 21 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 4 percent live. Excluding Benin this surname is found in one country. It is also found in India, where 3 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 Jimaja
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