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Where Does The Last Name Baja Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Baja (Arabic: باجا, Bengali: বাজা, Georgian: ბაჯა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﺟﻪ, Hindi: बाजा, Marathi: बजा, Oriya: ବଜା, Tibetan: བར་རྑྱ་) is found most frequently in The Philippines. It can also be rendered as a variant: Bája or Bajá. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Baja? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 29,341^st most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 398,859 people. The surname Baja occurs predominantly in Asia, where 79 percent of Baja reside; 54 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 48 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 49,031^st most frequent forename internationally It is held by 13,837 people.

This last name is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 8,909 people, or 1 in 11,364. In The Philippines Baja is mostly found in: Central Visayas, where 18 percent reside, Northern Mindanao, where 17 percent reside and Calabarzon, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account The Philippines this last name occurs in 87 countries. It also occurs in India, where 17 percent reside and Niger, where 5 percent reside.

Baja Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Baja has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Baja last name increased 3,500 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Baja Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Baja last name are 4.29% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 51.06% being registered with the party.

The amount Baja earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 23.63% more than the national average, earning $53,345 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.76% less than the national average, earning $48,311 CAD per year.