Hadja Surname
Approximately 24,118 people bear this surname
Hadja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 20,891 | 1:994 | 78 |
| Yemen | 511 | 1:51,713 | 4,082 |
| Burkina Faso | 482 | 1:38,075 | 1,941 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Niger | 460 | 1:41,722 | 2,211 |
| Philippines | 331 | 1:305,856 | 43,129 |
| Algeria | 278 | 1:138,962 | 18,807 |
| Ivory Coast | 218 | 1:105,831 | 5,423 |
| Indonesia | 91 | 1:1,453,288 | 98,507 |
| France | 84 | 1:790,747 | 95,785 |
| Kosovo | 77 | 1:24,180 | 2,664 |
| Benin | 74 | 1:139,670 | 14,797 |
| Albania | 54 | 1:53,964 | 6,888 |
| Mauritania | 16 | 1:255,929 | 11,901 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Hadja (119,672) may also be a first name.
Hadja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hadja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hadja (Arabic: حعجع, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﺎﺟﻪ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hadja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 22,525th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 302,162 people. The last name Hadja occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Hadja reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 58 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 8,622nd most frequently used first name on earth, held by 119,672 people.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 20,891 people, or 1 in 994. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 69 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 13 percent are found and North Region, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in 34 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 2 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hadja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hadja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﺎﺟﻪ | hajh | 51.81 |
| ﻫﺎﺟﺎ | haja | 12.05 |
| ﺣﺎﺟﺔ | hajt | 10.84 |
| ﺣﺪﺝ | hdj | 4.82 |
| ﻫﺠﺎ | hja | 4.82 |
| ﺣﺎﺝ | haj | 3.61 |
| ﺍﻟﺤﺎﺟﻪ | alhajh | 3.61 |
| ﺣﺎﺟﺎ | haja | 2.41 |
| ﻫﺎﺩﺟﺎ | hadja | 2.41 |
| ﻫﺪﺟﺎ | hdja | 1.2 |
| Hadja in the Arabic language | ||
| حعجع | hj | - |
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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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- 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 Hadja
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