Bolaj Surname
Approximately 1,020 people bear this surname
Bolaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 677 | 1:23,756 | 1,704 |
| India | 316 | 1:2,427,422 | 78,227 |
| Iran | 21 | 1:3,656,311 | 102,225 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
Bolaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bolaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bolaj (Marathi: बोळाज, Oriya: େବାଲଜ) has its highest incidence in Guatemala. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bolaj? popularity and diffusion
Bolaj is the 356,197th most frequent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 7,144,653 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 66 percent of Bolaj are found; 66 percent are found in Central America and 66 percent are found in Hispano-Central America.
This last name is most frequently used in Guatemala, where it is borne by 677 people, or 1 in 23,756. In Guatemala it is most prevalent in: Baja Verapaz Department, where 72 percent live, Suchitepéquez Department, where 15 percent live and Guatemala Department, where 13 percent live. Outside of Guatemala this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 31 percent live and Iran, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bolaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bolaj in the Oriya language | ||
| େବାଲଜ | ebalaja | - |
| Bolaj in the Marathi language | ||
| बोळाज | bolaja | 97.19 |
| बोळज | bolaja | 0.47 |
| ोळाज | olaja | 0.47 |
| बोलाज | bolaja | 0.47 |
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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 Bolaj
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