Dreija Surname
Approximately 148 people bear this surname
Dreija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 129 | 1:15,892 | 2,362 |
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
Dreija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dreija Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dreija (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺩﺭﻳﺠﻪ) has its highest incidence in Latvia. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dreija? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,447,279th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. Dreija is primarily found in Europe, where 87 percent of Dreija are found; 87 percent are found in Northern Europe and 87 percent are found in Baltic Europe.
Dreija is most prevalent in Latvia, where it is held by 129 people, or 1 in 15,892. In Latvia it is primarily concentrated in: Vidzeme, where 60 percent are found, Riga Planning Region, where 30 percent are found and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 7 percent are found. Besides Latvia Dreija occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 9 percent are found and Argentina, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dreija Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dreija in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺩﺭﻳﺠﻪ | adryjh | 57.14 |
| ﺃﺩﺭﻳﺠﻪ | adryjh | 28.57 |
| ﺍﺩﺭﻳﺠﺔ | adryjt | 14.29 |
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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 Dreija
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