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
The surname Baladja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻼﺟﻪ) is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Baladja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,333,370th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Baladja reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 169,436. In Benin Baladja is mostly found in: Collines Department, where 72 percent are found, Ouémé Department, where 20 percent are found and Zou Department, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Benin this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 6 percent are found and Mauritania, where 1 percent are found.
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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