Bitja Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Bitja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 139 | 1:149,418 | 16,457 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
Bitja (33) may also be a first name.
Bitja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bitja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bitja is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bitja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,453,389th most widespread surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. Bitja is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Bitja live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Bitja is also the 1,807,719th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 33 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 139 people, or 1 in 149,418. In Cameroon Bitja is most common in: Littoral Region, where 60 percent live, Centre Region, where 31 percent live and East Region, where 6 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 5 percent live.
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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 Bitja
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