Birja Surname
Approximately 1,971 people bear this surname
Birja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,732 | 1:442,878 | 22,948 |
| Nepal | 74 | 1:384,878 | 3,933 |
| Nigeria | 50 | 1:3,542,855 | 104,248 |
| Romania | 28 | 1:717,067 | 48,956 |
| Albania | 27 | 1:107,928 | 10,061 |
| Niger | 24 | 1:799,667 | 18,510 |
| Iran | 13 | 1:5,906,348 | 134,214 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
The alternate forms: Bîrjă (1) are calculated separately.
Birja (4,592) may also be a first name.
Birja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Birja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Birja (Bengali: বিরজা, Hindi: बिरजा, Marathi: ीराम, Oriya: ବିଜର୍ା, Tibetan: བིར་ཇ་) is found most in India. It may appear as a variant: Bîrjă. Click here for other possible spellings of Birja.
How Common Is The Last Name Birja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 209,614th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 3,697,385 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Birja reside; 92 percent reside in South Asia and 92 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 101,332nd most commonly held forename in the world, held by 4,592 people.
The surname is most numerous in India, where it is held by 1,732 people, or 1 in 442,878. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Assam, where 66 percent live, West Bengal, where 30 percent live and Odisha, where 2 percent live. Barring India Birja occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Nepal, where 4 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Birja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Birja in the Hindi language | ||
| बिरजा | biraja | 92.12 |
| बीरजा | biraja | 3.62 |
| बिर्जा | birja | 2.02 |
| बि्रजा | biraja | 0.75 |
| विरजा | viraja | 0.32 |
| बीर्जा | birja | 0.21 |
| ब्रजा | braja | 0.21 |
| ब्रिजा | brija | 0.11 |
| वृजा | vrja | 0.11 |
| व़जा | vaja | 0.11 |
| Birja in the Oriya language | ||
| ବିଜର୍ା | bijara | 86.11 |
| ବିରଜା | biraja | 5.56 |
| ବିଜା | bija | 2.78 |
| ମିୁବିଜର୍ା | miubijara | 2.78 |
| ବୀଜର୍ା | bijara | 2.78 |
| Birja in the Tibetan language | ||
| བིར་ཇ་ | birja | 57.14 |
| བིར་ཇཱ་ | birja | 42.86 |
| Birja in the Bengali language | ||
| বিরজা | biraja | 50 |
| বীর্জা | birja | 16.67 |
| বির্জা | birja | 16.67 |
| বির্জমোহন | birjamohana | 16.67 |
| Birja in the Marathi language | ||
| ीराम | irama | 25 |
| बीरजा | biraja | 25 |
| इरमा | irama | 25 |
| इरपा | irapa | 25 |
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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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- 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 Birja
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