Firija Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Firija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Firija (442) may also be a first name.
Firija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Firija Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Firija (Hindi: फिरीजा) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Firija? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Firija live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 407,699th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 442 people.
The surname Firija is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 54,790,384. In India Firija is most frequent in: West Bengal, where 50 percent live, Bihar, where 36 percent live and Jharkhand, where 7 percent live. Excluding India this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Firija Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Firija in the Hindi language | ||
| फिरीजा | phirija | 75 |
| फीरीजा | phirija | 16.67 |
| फिरिजा | phirija | 8.33 |
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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 Firija
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