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
The last name Bejah (Arabic: بيجيه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺠﺎﻩ) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bejah.
How Common Is The Last Name Bejah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,214,709th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Bejah reside; 55 percent reside in East Africa and 54 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Bejah is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 13 people.
The surname is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 106 people, or 1 in 435,659. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kilifi County, where 83 percent reside, Mombasa County, where 8 percent reside and Kwale County, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Kenya this surname exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 22 percent reside and Mauritania, where 6 percent reside.
Bejah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Bejah last name is chiefly 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
- 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 Bejah
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