Ujiji Surname

842,714th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 326 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Ujiji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ujiji Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2671:663,45630,992
Papua New Guinea461:177,25524,620
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Ujiji Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ujiji Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ujiji occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ujiji? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 842,714th most numerous family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 22,354,435 people. Ujiji occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Ujiji live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Ujiji is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 267 people, or 1 in 663,456. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 48 percent reside, Cross River, where 34 percent reside and Plateau, where 5 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 14 percent reside and Kenya, where 3 percent reside.

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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 Ujiji
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