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
The last name Bahjah (Arabic: بهجية) is most common in Indonesia. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bahjah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,755,741st most frequently used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name Bahjah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Bahjah are found; 89 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 89 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Bahjah is also the 494,917th most widespread forename internationally, borne by 315 people.
The surname Bahjah is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is held by 94 people, or 1 in 1,406,906. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: South Kalimantan, where 33 percent live, West Nusa Tenggara, where 23 percent live and West Java, where 19 percent live. Besides Indonesia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs 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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