Aja is used as a family name or surname in Nigeria. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Aja
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Nigeria
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Aja

How popular is Aja?

Aja is common in Nigeria.

Aja is ranked 20735 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Ajas grew by 8.444445 per cent to 488 since 2000 and ranked 44109 after elevating 786 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 55.94 41.56
White 34.43 50
Black 5.94 4
Others 1.64 0
Aja is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Nigeria which signifies that it is originated from Nigeria. Around 25002 people have been found who wears Aja as their family name. Aja is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,022 Senegal7
13,220 Thailand6
8,689 Pakistan4
15,956 Venezuela3
46,068 Philippines3
35,184 Poland3
4,333 Puerto Rico3
11,392 Slovakia3
11,532 Croatia3
35,789 Turkey3
810 Mali3
184,212 France3
20,186 Kenya2
18,625 Japan2
8,593 Slovenia2
118,441 Germany2
124,220 Italy2
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
6,900 Oman2
20,595 China2
19,046 Ireland2
8,995 Uganda2
82,478 South Africa2
35,969 Denmark2
28,232 Morocco2
165,773 Belarus1
16,640 Hong Kong1
12,741 Ecuador1
7,198 Maldives1
3,307 Malta1
3,993 El Salvador1
25,721 Egypt1
28,746 Algeria1
7,847 Albania1
37,493 Austria1
62,864 New Zealand1
37,779 Serbia1
29,595 Iran1
31,584 Peru1
9,498 Iceland1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
2,935 Madagascar1
1,819 Laos1
5,924 Paraguay1
12,270 Lebanon1
4,942 Libya1
537 Liechtenstein1
2,877 Cuba1
16,283 Lithuania1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
14,373 Jordan1
1,879 Belize1
49,529 Israel1
2,374 Bermuda1
77,122 Sweden1
7,314 Bolivia1
7,895 South Korea1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
8,181 Botswana1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,551 Qatar39
28,564 Switzerland36
103,933 Canada25
11,685 Singapore24
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
52,530 Belgium22
353,279 Russia19
11,516 Mauritania18
69,202 Netherlands18
56,292 Czech Republic17
109,551 Australia13
220,909 Ukraine12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
83,365 Brazil95
45,655 England86
7,779 Uruguay61
4,082 Estonia61
12,538 Norway59
14,717 Chile54
Countries with hundreds of Aja:
31,087 United States947
3,087 Malaysia809
46,479 India674
4,639 Sri Lanka456
6,557 Ghana399
3,073 Guatemala369
9,426 Saudi Arabia346
4,965 Colombia332
1,121 Taiwan290
18,962 Argentina284
Countries with thousands of Aja:
4,801 Indonesia2,978
2,903 Mexico2,722
3,357 Spain1,382
Countries with ten thousands of Aja:
2,050 Nigeria12,227
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Comments

D
Dierdre Simkins
 The origin of the name is Basque etymology of the name comes from the agglutination of aitz word and suffix which means rocky place this surname specifies the location of the ancestral home.

Aja Namesakes

  • Abdul Jeleel Ajagun, Soccer midfielder
  • Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu, Politician
  • Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Politician
  • Nizar Abou Ajar, Actor
  • Adebayo O. Ajala, Author
  • Taiwo Ajai-Lycett, Film actress
  • Prince Ajayeoba Adedayo, Football player
  • Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Politician
  • Adekunle Ajala, Author
  • S. Ademola Ajayi, Author

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