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
Bahaja (Arabic: بهجي, Georgian: ბაჰაჯა, Hindi: बहाजा, Marathi: बाहजा) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bahaja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,007,164th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 83,764,896 people. This last name is predominantly found 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 occurring first name in the world, borne by 192 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 2,449,059. In Indonesia Bahaja is primarily concentrated in: Gorontalo, where 63 percent reside and North Sulawesi, where 37 percent reside. Besides Indonesia this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 24 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 10 percent reside.
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
- 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 Bahaja
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