Mmaju Surname
Approximately 400 people bear this surname
Mmaju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 302 | 1:586,565 | 28,271 |
| India | 93 | 1:8,248,015 | 171,602 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Mmaju (1,577) may also be a first name.
Mmaju Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mmaju Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mmaju has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mmaju? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 726,304th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 18,218,865 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Mmaju live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Mmaju is also the 194,823rd most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,577 people.
The surname Mmaju is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 302 people, or 1 in 586,565. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Abia, where 38 percent live, Enugu, where 25 percent live and Lagos, where 10 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 23 percent live and Togo, where 1 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 Mmaju
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