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
The last name Bahja (Arabic: بهجا) is carried by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bahja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 81,976th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,231,420 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Bahja are found; 44 percent are found in North Africa and 44 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 50,875th most frequent forename on earth, held by 13,149 people.
The last name Bahja is most frequently held in Morocco, where it is held by 2,624 people, or 1 in 13,139. Apart from Morocco this surname is found in 34 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 30 percent are found and Lebanon, where 10 percent are found.
Bahja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding 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
- 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 Bahja
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