Lajau Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Lajau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
Lajau (43) may also be a first name.
Lajau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lajau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lajau (Hindi: लाजौ, Oriya: ଲଜଉ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lajau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,237,939th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name Lajau occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Lajau reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 43 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 4,920,632. In Nigeria Lajau is primarily concentrated in: Plateau, where 97 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 28 percent reside and Malaysia, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lajau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lajau in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲଜଉ | laja'u | - |
| Lajau in the Hindi language | ||
| लाजौ | lajau | 66.67 |
| लजाऊ | laja'u | 33.33 |
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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 Lajau
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