Cheja Surname
Approximately 337 people bear this surname
Cheja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 118 | 1:448,658 | 31,304 |
| Mexico | 83 | 1:1,495,496 | 16,204 |
| India | 73 | 1:10,507,745 | 199,418 |
| Argentina | 32 | 1:1,335,732 | 76,713 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Cheja (99) may also be a first name.
Cheja Demographics
Average Cheja Salary in
United States
$77,344 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cheja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cheja (Hindi: चेजा) is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 823,466th most prevalent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 21,624,765 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 39 percent of Cheja reside; 35 percent reside in East Africa and 35 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Cheja is also the 951,070th most numerous forename globally. It is borne by 99 people.
The last name Cheja is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 118 people, or 1 in 448,658. In Tanzania Cheja is most common in: Shinyanga Region, where 88 percent live, Lindi Region, where 3 percent live and Pwani Region, where 3 percent live. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 25 percent live and India, where 22 percent live.
Cheja Last Name Statistics demography
Cheja earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 79.25% more than the national average, earning $77,344 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheja in the Hindi language | ||
| चेजा | ceja | - |
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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 Cheja
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