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 in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 496,112th most widely held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 10,958,716 people. The surname Amja is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Amja reside; 51 percent reside in South Asia and 34 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Amja is also the 273,464th most commonly occurring forename in the world. It is borne by 884 people.
The last name Amja is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is carried by 228 people, or 1 in 783,526. In Pakistan Amja is most numerous in: Punjab, where 93 percent reside, Sindh, where 5 percent reside and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 1 percent reside. Not including Pakistan Amja occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs 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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