Bahaja Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Bahaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 54 | 1:2,449,059 | 145,688 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
Bahaja (192) may also be a first name.
Bahaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bahaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bahaja (Arabic: بهجي, Georgian: ბაჰაჯა, Hindi: बहाजा, Marathi: बाहजा) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bahaja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,007,164th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 64 percent of Bahaja live; 62 percent live in Southeast Asia and 62 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 655,603rd most commonly held forename on earth, held by 192 people.
This last name is most common in Indonesia, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 2,449,059. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: Gorontalo, where 63 percent are found and North Sulawesi, where 37 percent are found. Other than Indonesia Bahaja occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 24 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bahaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bahaja in the Georgian language | ||
| ბაჰაჯა | bahaja | - |
| Bahaja in the Hindi language | ||
| बहाजा | bahaja | - |
| Bahaja in the Marathi language | ||
| बाहजा | bahaja | - |
| Bahaja in the Arabic language | ||
| بهجي | bhjy | - |
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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 Bahaja
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