Bahja Surname
Approximately 5,918 people bear this surname
Bahja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 2,624 | 1:13,139 | 1,922 |
| Ethiopia | 1,771 | 1:55,080 | 5,737 |
| Lebanon | 604 | 1:9,333 | 1,411 |
| Albania | 356 | 1:8,186 | 1,555 |
| Palestine | 274 | 1:16,602 | 2,842 |
| Iraq | 58 | 1:603,822 | 9,381 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Iran | 30 | 1:2,559,417 | 82,750 |
| Greece | 25 | 1:443,192 | 58,048 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Spain | 16 | 1:2,922,002 | 63,384 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Bahja (13,149) may also be a first name.
Bahja Demographics
Bahja Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Bahja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bahja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bahja (Arabic: بهجا) occurs more in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bahja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 81,976th most prevalent family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,231,420 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Bahja reside; 44 percent reside in North Africa and 44 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 50,875th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 13,149 people.
The surname Bahja is most commonly occurring in Morocco, where it is carried by 2,624 people, or 1 in 13,139. Outside of Morocco this surname occurs in 34 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 30 percent are found and Lebanon, where 10 percent are found.
Bahja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Shiite (92%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bahja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bahja in the Arabic language | ||
| بهجا | bhja | - |
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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 Bahja
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