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 last name Bahija (Hindi: बहीजा, Marathi: बाहीजा) is most common in Morocco. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bahija? popularity and diffusion
It is the 678,631st most commonly held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 16,600,332 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Bahija live; 86 percent live in North Africa and 86 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 20,604th most frequent forename globally It is held by 43,844 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Morocco, where it is carried by 375 people, or 1 in 91,936. Excluding Morocco Bahija occurs in 23 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 5 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
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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