Aja Surname

16,668th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33,302 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Aja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Aja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria20,8761:8,485949
Indonesia3,6041:36,6954,271
India2,4951:307,44117,219
Spain1,3141:35,5803,536
United States1,1071:327,42529,737
Mexico8731:142,1844,515
Sri Lanka5121:40,6424,863
Saudi Arabia3581:86,18912,374
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
Cameroon2521:82,41710,065
Malaysia2181:135,2958,663
Philippines2071:489,07458,013
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Argentina1081:395,77230,408
Cuba941:122,5823,327
Niger721:266,5568,311
Ivory Coast701:329,58912,041
South Africa561:967,45960,627
Uganda421:929,50741,540
Pakistan411:4,357,16830,068
Estonia381:34,7846,408
France301:2,214,091176,965
Colombia271:1,769,41011,599
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Benin261:397,52329,143
Chile261:677,55715,745
Mauritania211:194,9939,876
Taiwan211:1,116,4167,706
Thailand191:3,717,808320,775
England181:3,095,448105,421
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Uruguay171:201,86816,060
Belgium161:718,54060,840
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Iran111:6,980,229145,986
Guatemala101:1,608,2675,853
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693
Afghanistan71:4,593,31223,122
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Norway71:734,61250,907
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
South Sudan41:2,853,7691,758
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
China21:683,660,78330,601
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
North Macedonia21:1,050,73626,362
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Malta11:430,2723,380
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934

The alternate forms: Ája (1) are calculated separately.

Aja (42,927) may also be a first name.

Aja Last Name Facts

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

The last name Aja (Arabic: اجا, Bengali: অজ, Georgian: აჯა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺟﻪ, Hindi: अजा, Marathi: आजा, Oriya: ଅଜା, Tibetan: ཨ་ཇ་) is found most in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant: Ája. For other possible spellings of Aja click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Aja? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 16,668th most commonly held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 218,832 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 66 percent of Aja are found; 64 percent are found in West Africa and 64 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Aja is also the 20,979th most widespread given name worldwide, borne by 42,927 people.

It is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 20,876 people, or 1 in 8,485. In Nigeria Aja is mostly found in: Ebonyi, where 27 percent reside, Anambra, where 13 percent reside and Abia, where 9 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 101 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 11 percent reside and India, where 7 percent reside.

Aja Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Aja last name is primarily Christian (67%) in Kenya and Christian (94%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Aja last name are 34.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 87.5% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Aja earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 37.01% less than the national average, earning R 149,688 per year; in Colombia they earn 35.13% less than the national average, earning $14,727,700 COP per year and in United States they earn 0.5% more than the national average, earning $43,363 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ája891/
Ajah8651,170/
Jaja8618,203/
Haja8617,199/
Gaja865,521/
Ajaa861,263/
Aaja86105/
Ahja8684/
Đaja8664/
Oaja864/
Ajaï862/
Ajaš861/
Ja80154,504/
Aa8015,654/
Aj805,435/
Hajah756,584/
Ajaya756,127/
Gajah751,908/
Ajaja751,597/
Ohaja751,029/
Ajaha75642/
Ahaja75482/
Ojaja75242/
Ejaja75234/
Hajaš75208/
Gahja7574/
Ayaja7569/
Gaaja7559/
Ajahe7537/
Ajowa7531/
Eyaja7528/
Ajaia7516/
Aujah7515/
Ajahs7515/
Hajaa7512/
Oyaja7511/
Ujaja7510/
Gajaa758/
Ajova757/
Uhaja755/
Aajah754/
Ahjau754/
Ahjah753/
Hahja753/
Ajath752/
Ajadd752/
Aiaja752/
Eiaja751/
Aahja751/
Ajasz751/
Ajazs751/
Ajasd751/
Ajaht751/
Goaja751/
Aajaa751/
Ajaus751/
Haj67158,194/
Aji6781,166/
Aya6750,440/
Aju6710,304/
Oja6710,066/
Gaj677,908/
Eja677,407/
Aje675,537/
Uja674,776/
Ajo674,342/
Aia672,743/
Ija672,066/
Haa671,815/
Ajy671,231/
Aai67778/
Aaj67724/
Aay67474/
Aij67144/
Aaa67104/
Ajj6779/
Ahajad6748/
Ahajah6743/
A'A6738/
Aujaud6736/
Ahj6728/
Gajaja6727/
Aujeau6725/
Ajh6721/
Ajú6720/
Ajò6718/
Hajach6715/
Aihaja6715/
Aajaya6714/
Hajowa6713/
Gijaja679/
Ayj678/
Gaajaa677/
Yja677/
Hajasz676/
Gohaja676/
Hajath675/
Gayaja675/
Gajaya674/
Hajajs674/
Hajaha674/
Gujaja673/
Ajù673/
Haujas672/
Gahaja672/
Ouhaja672/
Ajó672/
Hajova672/
Huyaja671/
Eejaja671/
Hajapp671/
Hahaja671/
Aahjad671/
Aajahd671/
Aajash671/
Aajath671/
Ahajat671/
Ahajau671/
Ahjath671/
Ahjaya671/
Eihaja671/
Ŕaj671/
Ají671/
Aahaja671/
Aajaja671/
Hajahe671/
Aujatt671/
Hahjaz671/

Aja Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Aja in the Georgian language
აჯაaja-
Aja in the Bengali language
অজaja-
Aja in the Hindi language
अजाaja88.27
आज्ञाajna6.91
आजाaja2.83
ाजाaja1.05
अजaja0.1
Aja in the Marathi language
आजाaja79.75
अजाaja20.25
Aja in the Oriya language
ଅଜାaja45.45
ଅଜaja30.3
ଆଜାaja21.21
ଆଜaja3.03
Aja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺁﺟﻪajh33.33
ﺃﺝaj22.22
ﺍﺝaj22.22
ﺁﺟﻲajy11.11
ﺍﺟﻪajh11.11
Aja in the Tibetan language
ཨ་ཇ་aja25
ཨཱ་བརྒྱ།agya25
ཨཱ་བརྒྱ་agya25
ཨ་ཇཱ་aja25
Aja in the Arabic language
اجاaja-
اجيajy-
جاja-

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