Bahjah Surname
Approximately 109 people bear this surname
Bahjah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 94 | 1:1,406,906 | 96,143 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Bahjah (315) may also be a first name.
Bahjah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bahjah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bahjah (Arabic: بهجية) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bahjah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,755,741st most widespread surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. The surname Bahjah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Bahjah live; 89 percent live in Southeast Asia and 89 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 494,917th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 315 people.
The last name Bahjah is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 1,406,906. In Indonesia Bahjah is mostly concentrated in: South Kalimantan, where 33 percent live, West Nusa Tenggara, where 23 percent live and West Java, where 19 percent live. Outside of Indonesia Bahjah exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 9 percent live and Malaysia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bahjah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bahjah in the Arabic language | ||
| بهجية | bhjyt | - |
| بهجيه | bhjyh | - |
| بهجاة | bhjat | - |
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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 Bahjah
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