Beija Surname
Approximately 303 people bear this surname
Beija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 180 | 1:1,189,302 | 41,172 |
| Mauritania | 49 | 1:83,569 | 5,424 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
The alternate forms: Beïja (1) are calculated separately.
Beija (190) may also be a first name.
Beija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Beija Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Beija (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻴﺠﻪ, Hindi: बेइजा) is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Beïja. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Beija? popularity and diffusion
It is the 887,624th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 24,051,307 people. The surname Beija occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Beija live; 60 percent live in South America and 59 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 659,352nd most commonly held first name in the world, held by 190 people.
The last name Beija is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is held by 180 people, or 1 in 1,189,302. In Brazil it is mostly found in: São Paulo, where 32 percent reside, Paraíba, where 19 percent reside and Rio de Janeiro, where 19 percent reside. Excluding Brazil this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 16 percent reside and Portugal, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Beija Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Beija in the Hindi language | ||
| बेइजा | be'ija | 75 |
| बेईजा | be'ija | 25 |
| Beija in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻴﺠﻪ | byjh | 41.67 |
| ﺑﻴﺞ | byj | 25 |
| ﺍﺑﻴﺠﻪ | abyjh | 12.5 |
| ﺍﺑﻴﺞ | abyj | 8.33 |
| ﺑﺒﻴﺠﻪ | bbyjh | 4.17 |
| ﺑﻴﺠﺎ | byja | 4.17 |
| ﺃﺑﻴﺠﻴﻪ | abyjyh | 4.17 |
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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 Beija
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