El Hadja Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Benin

El Hadja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Hadja Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Benin31:3,445,20177,822
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

El Hadja (1,511) may also be a first name.

El Hadja Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Hadja Come From? nationality or country of origin

El Hadja occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El Hadja? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,360,413th most commonly held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of El Hadja are found; 44 percent are found in East Africa and 44 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. El Hadja is also the 199,883rd most commonly held first name globally, held by 1,511 people.

The surname El Hadja is most frequently occurring in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 24,386,566. Outside of Ethiopia it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 33 percent live and Cameroon, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Adja931/
El Hadji882,057/
El Hajah881,678/
El Hajja88416/
El Hadia88377/
El Hajaj88231/
El Hadje88194/
El Hadya884/
El-Hadja883/
El Hajaz881/
El Haija881/
El Hajjaj82398/
El Khadji82139/
El Haydia82137/
El Adjaha828/
El Khodja825/
El Hadiah824/
El Hadjer822/
El Hajjai821/
El Hadjji821/
El Khadya821/
El Hadhje821/
El Hajjah821/
El Hasa80458/
El Adji8038/
El Ajaj8012/
El Adia8010/
El Haza809/
El Adje803/
El Auja801/
El Ajaz801/
El Khadiji789/
El Khoudja785/
El Khajjaj784/
El-Hadji75367/
El Khoja75343/
El Aidia75137/
El Ajjaj7510/
El Harza759/
El Hadie757/
El Gadji756/
El Aydia754/
El Gadia754/
El-Hadje752/
El Hazza751/
El Hazaz751/
El-Haija751/
El Aajaj751/
El Gadjo751/
El Gadje751/
El Hadge751/
El Ahdji751/
El Hazzaz71720/
El Hazzat71558/
El Aza71158/
El Ajo7134/
El Khouja7123/
El Hazhaz7112/
El-Hajjaj714/
El Khazza714/
El Adhyad714/
El Cheija713/
El Houdji712/
El Hazzaa712/
El Haysay711/
El Aajaaj711/
El-Khadia711/
El-Hahdji711/
El Hazzah711/
El Hadyih711/
El Gaddje711/
El Azza678,644/
El Asad676,860/
El Ajou67977/
El Asas67549/
El Azaj67214/
El Azap67122/
El Azaz6789/
El-Adji6716/
El Asea6711/
El Khotjah674/
El Aiza674/
El Azai672/
El Khoudje671/
El Azas671/
El Haizhaz671/
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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 El Hadja
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