Baladja Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Baladja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 61 | 1:169,436 | 16,929 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Baladja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baladja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Baladja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻼﺟﻪ) occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Baladja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Baladja is the 2,333,370th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. Baladja is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Baladja live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Baladja is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 169,436. In Benin Baladja is most numerous in: Collines Department, where 72 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 20 percent live and Zou Department, where 7 percent live. Excluding Benin it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 6 percent live and Mauritania, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Baladja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Baladja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻼﺟﻪ | blajh | - |
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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 Baladja
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