Mazaje Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Mazaje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 152 | 1:1,165,413 | 47,471 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mazaje (79) may also be a first name.
Mazaje Demographics
Mazaje Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Mazaje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mazaje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mazaje is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mazaje? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,281,391st most commonly held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 40,941,269 people. Mazaje occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mazaje reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mazaje is also the 1,083,225th most frequent forename globally It is held by 79 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 152 people, or 1 in 1,165,413. In Nigeria Mazaje is most common in: Kaduna, where 57 percent live, Bauchi, where 13 percent live and Yobe, where 7 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 8 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent live.
Mazaje Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Muslim (92%) in Nigeria.
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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 Mazaje
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