Al Arja Surname

89,731st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,346 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Palestine
Highest density in:
Palestine

Al Arja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Arja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Palestine2,8441:1,599313
Jordan1,1131:7,9451,528
Lebanon1,0781:5,229914
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Syria1011:191,0993,957
Yemen61:4,404,21618,907
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

Al Arja Last Name Facts

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

The surname Al Arja is borne by more people in Palestine than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Al Arja? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 89,731st most numerous last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,363,177 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Arja live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 96 percent live in Levant.

This surname is most frequent in Palestine, where it is borne by 2,844 people, or 1 in 1,599. In Palestine it is most frequent in: Rafah Governorate, where 91 percent are found, Bethlehem Governorate, where 5 percent are found and Hebron Governorate, where 3 percent are found. Not including Palestine it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 21 percent are found and Lebanon, where 20 percent are found.

Al Arja Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Sunni (64%) in Lebanon.

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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
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  • 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 Al Arja
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