Amja Surname
Approximately 665 people bear this surname
Amja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 228 | 1:783,526 | 11,236 |
| Philippines | 131 | 1:772,811 | 75,228 |
| India | 107 | 1:7,168,835 | 157,365 |
| Indonesia | 94 | 1:1,406,906 | 96,143 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Amja (884) may also be a first name.
Amja Demographics
Average Amja Salary in
Canada
$38,550 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Amja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amja (Bengali: আমজা, Hindi: अमजा) is found most frequently in Pakistan. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amja is the 496,112th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,958,716 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Amja reside; 51 percent reside in South Asia and 34 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 273,464th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 884 people.
This surname is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is held by 228 people, or 1 in 783,526. In Pakistan it is primarily concentrated in: Punjab, where 93 percent reside, Sindh, where 5 percent reside and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 1 percent reside. Besides Pakistan this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 20 percent reside and India, where 16 percent reside.
Amja Last Name Statistics demography
Amja earn notably less less than the average income. In Canada they earn 22.41% less than the national average, earning $38,550 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Amja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Amja in the Bengali language | ||
| আমজা | amaja | - |
| Amja in the Hindi language | ||
| अमजा | amaja | 56 |
| आमजा | amaja | 28 |
| अम्जा | amja | 12 |
| अजरा | ajara | 4 |
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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 Amja
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