Bejah Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Bejah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 106 | 1:435,659 | 23,420 |
| Iran | 42 | 1:1,828,155 | 67,506 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bejah (13) may also be a first name.
Bejah Demographics
Bejah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Bejah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bejah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bejah (Arabic: بيجيه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺠﺎﻩ) occurs most in Kenya. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bejah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bejah is the 1,214,709th most frequently held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 37,759,305 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Bejah are found; 55 percent are found in East Africa and 54 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent first name internationally. It is borne by 13 people.
The surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 106 people, or 1 in 435,659. In Kenya Bejah is most numerous in: Kilifi County, where 83 percent reside, Mombasa County, where 8 percent reside and Kwale County, where 4 percent reside. Besides Kenya this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 22 percent reside and Mauritania, where 6 percent reside.
Bejah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Bejah last name is principally Christian (67%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bejah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bejah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺠﺎﻩ | bjah | 90.91 |
| ﺍﺑﺠﺎﻩ | abjah | 9.09 |
| Bejah in the Arabic language | ||
| بيجيه | byjyh | - |
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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 Bejah
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