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 last name Beija (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻴﺠﻪ, Hindi: बेइजा) occurs most in Brazil. It may also occur as: Beïja. For other potential spellings of Beija click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Beija? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 887,624th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 24,051,307 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Beija are found; 60 percent are found in South America and 59 percent are found in Luso-South America. Beija is also the 659,352nd most commonly held first name globally, borne by 190 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is borne by 180 people, or 1 in 1,189,302. In Brazil it is mostly concentrated in: São Paulo, where 32 percent are found, Paraíba, where 19 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 19 percent are found. Other than Brazil this last name occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 16 percent are found and Portugal, where 13 percent are found.
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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