Gueja Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Gueja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 20 | 1:204,743 | 10,209 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Gueja (20) may also be a first name.
Gueja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gueja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gueja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺠﻪ, Hindi: गुॅजा) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gueja.
How Common Is The Last Name Gueja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,206,983rd most widely held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name Gueja is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Gueja are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Gueja is also the 2,446,817th most prevalent forename in the world It is held by 20 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 204,743. In Mauritania Gueja is mostly found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 90 percent reside and Gorgol Region, where 10 percent reside. Besides Mauritania it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 5 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gueja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gueja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺠﻪ | kjh | - |
| Gueja in the Hindi language | ||
| गुॅजा | gueja | 37.5 |
| गूॆजा | gueja | 12.5 |
| गूॅजा | gueja | 12.5 |
| गुेजा | gueja | 12.5 |
| गुॆजा | gueja | 12.5 |
| गूेजा | gueja | 12.5 |
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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 Gueja
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