Gadja Surname
Approximately 698 people bear this surname
Gadja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 178 | 1:112,797 | 12,611 |
| Indonesia | 173 | 1:764,446 | 58,463 |
| Philippines | 158 | 1:640,748 | 67,692 |
| Niger | 139 | 1:138,072 | 5,185 |
| Northern Ireland | 8 | 1:230,630 | 10,839 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Gadja (189) may also be a first name.
Gadja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gadja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gadja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺠﻪ) is found most frequently in Romania. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gadja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 478,427th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,440,610 people. The surname Gadja occurs predominantly in Asia, where 49 percent of Gadja reside; 47 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 44 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 661,310th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 189 people.
The surname Gadja is most prevalent in Romania, where it is carried by 178 people, or 1 in 112,797. In Romania it is most numerous in: Maramureș County, where 78 percent live and Suceava County, where 22 percent live. Apart from Romania Gadja is found in 22 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 25 percent live and The Philippines, where 23 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gadja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gadja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺠﻪ | kjh | - |
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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
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- 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 Gadja
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