Hajiya Surname
Approximately 8,397 people bear this surname
Hajiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8,312 | 1:21,312 | 1,923 |
| India | 43 | 1:17,838,730 | 274,051 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Hajiya (28,718) may also be a first name.
Hajiya Demographics
Hajiya Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Hajiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hajiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hajiya (Bengali: হাজিয়া, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﺎﺟﻴﻪ, Hindi: हाजिया, Marathi: हाजीया) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hajiya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 60,036th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 867,875 people. The surname Hajiya occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Hajiya live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hajiya is also the 28,855th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 28,718 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 8,312 people, or 1 in 21,312. In Nigeria Hajiya is most frequent in: Katsina, where 13 percent are found, Zamfara, where 13 percent are found and Sokoto, where 12 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 percent are found.
Hajiya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Hajiya surname is principally Muslim (95%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hajiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hajiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﺎﺟﻴﻪ | hajyh | - |
| Hajiya in the Bengali language | ||
| হাজিয়া | hajiya | - |
| Hajiya in the Hindi language | ||
| हाजिया | hajiya | 62.88 |
| हाजीया | hajiya | 19.1 |
| हजीया | hajiya | 8.37 |
| हजिया | hajiya | 8.37 |
| हाजिय | hajiya | 0.43 |
| हजिय | hajiya | 0.21 |
| हाजालाल | hajalala | 0.21 |
| हजाराम | hajarama | 0.21 |
| हाजया | hajaya | 0.21 |
| Hajiya in the Marathi language | ||
| हाजीया | hajiya | 58.33 |
| हजीया | hajiya | 33.33 |
| हािजया | haijaya | 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
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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 Hajiya
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