Bahija Surname
Approximately 439 people bear this surname
Bahija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 375 | 1:91,936 | 15,801 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Bahija (43,844) may also be a first name.
Bahija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bahija Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bahija (Hindi: बहीजा, Marathi: बाहीजा) is found most frequently in Morocco. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bahija.
How Common Is The Last Name Bahija? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 678,631st most prevalent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 16,600,332 people. The last name Bahija occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Bahija live; 86 percent live in North Africa and 86 percent live in Mahgreb. Bahija is also the 20,604th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 43,844 people.
The last name Bahija is most prevalent in Morocco, where it is carried by 375 people, or 1 in 91,936. Besides Morocco it exists in 23 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 5 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bahija Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bahija in the Hindi language | ||
| बहीजा | bahija | - |
| Bahija in the Marathi language | ||
| बाहीजा | bahija | - |
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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 Bahija
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