Badija Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Badija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Badija (17) may also be a first name.
Badija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Badija Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Badija (Arabic: باديجا, Hindi: बदीजा, Marathi: बडीजा) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Badija? popularity and diffusion
Badija is the 5,391,485th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Badija live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 62 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Badija is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 17 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Gombe, where 100 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 23 percent reside and Algeria, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Badija Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Badija in the Hindi language | ||
| बदीजा | badija | - |
| Badija in the Marathi language | ||
| बडीजा | badija | - |
| Badija in the Arabic language | ||
| باديجا | badyja | - |
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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 Badija
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