Dejah Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Dejah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Dejah (425) may also be a first name.
Dejah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dejah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dejah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﺟﺎﻩ) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dejah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,587,209th most numerous family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 42 percent of Dejah reside; 33 percent reside in Central Africa and 33 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Dejah is also the 416,660th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 425 people.
The last name Dejah is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Dejah is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent are found. Other than Cameroon Dejah occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 33 percent are found and Iceland, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dejah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dejah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﺟﺎﻩ | aldjah | - |
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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 Dejah
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