Girja Surname
Approximately 734 people bear this surname
Girja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 664 | 1:1,155,219 | 46,843 |
| Romania | 27 | 1:743,625 | 50,353 |
| Pakistan | 20 | 1:8,932,194 | 45,447 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Latvia | 7 | 1:292,864 | 24,791 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Girja (140,099) may also be a first name.
Girja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Girja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Girja (Bengali: গির্জা, Hindi: गिरजा, Marathi: गीरजा, Oriya: ଗିଜର୍ା) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Girja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 460,168th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,928,537 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Girja live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 90 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 7,465th most prevalent forename in the world, borne by 140,099 people.
It is most frequently occurring in India, where it is carried by 664 people, or 1 in 1,155,219. In India Girja is most prevalent in: Uttar Pradesh, where 42 percent live, Madhya Pradesh, where 37 percent live and Chhattisgarh, where 7 percent live. Not including India Girja occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 4 percent live and Pakistan, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Girja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Girja in the Hindi language | ||
| गिरजा | giraja | 98.21 |
| गीरजा | giraja | 1.14 |
| गिर्जा | girja | 0.48 |
| गिरिजा | girija | 0.05 |
| गीर्जा | girja | 0.03 |
| गिराजा | giraja | 0.01 |
| ़गिरजा | giraja | 0 |
| गिर््जा | girja | 0 |
| ग़िरजा | giraja | 0 |
| गिज्फ़्जा | gijfja | 0 |
| निशा | nisa | 0 |
| गिरीश | girisa | 0 |
| गिरीजा | girija | 0 |
| ्गिरजा | giraja | 0 |
| Girja in the Marathi language | ||
| गीरजा | giraja | 88.44 |
| ीराम | irama | 8.07 |
| िरशा | irasa | 0.37 |
| इरबा | iraba | 0.18 |
| िरम | irama | 0.18 |
| गीरे | gire | 0.18 |
| िरजा | iraja | 0.18 |
| गीज | gija | 0.18 |
| Girja in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗିଜର୍ା | gijara | 50.35 |
| ଗୀଜର୍ା | gijara | 43.26 |
| ଗିରଜା | giraja | 2.13 |
| ଗିରିଜା | girija | 1.42 |
| ଗିଜ | gija | 1.42 |
| ଗୀରିଜା | girija | 0.71 |
| ଗୀରଜା | giraja | 0.71 |
| Girja in the Bengali language | ||
| গির্জা | girja | 50 |
| গীর্জা | girja | 50 |
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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 Girja
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