Hamaja Surname
Approximately 1,060 people bear this surname
Hamaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 978 | 1:784,320 | 35,349 |
| Zambia | 49 | 1:323,468 | 17,649 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Finland | 13 | 1:422,823 | 27,659 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Hamaja (1,210) may also be a first name.
Hamaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hamaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hamaja (Bengali: হামজা, Hindi: हमजा, Marathi: हमजा, Oriya: ହମଜା) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hamaja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 345,372nd most widespread family name globally It is held by around 1 in 6,875,043 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Hamaja are found; 92 percent are found in South Asia and 92 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 227,680th most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 1,210 people.
The surname is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 978 people, or 1 in 784,320. In India it is most common in: Bihar, where 68 percent live, Uttarkhand, where 14 percent live and West Bengal, where 6 percent live. Apart from India this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 5 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hamaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hamaja in the Bengali language | ||
| হামজা | hamaja | - |
| Hamaja in the Hindi language | ||
| हमजा | hamaja | 93.26 |
| हमाजा | hamaja | 4.99 |
| हम्जा | hamja | 0.59 |
| हमजा़ | hamaja | 0.29 |
| हामजा | hamaja | 0.29 |
| हमज़ा | hamaza | 0.29 |
| हमजअ | hamaja'a | 0.29 |
| Hamaja in the Oriya language | ||
| ହମଜା | hamaja | 81.25 |
| ହମଯା | hamaya | 12.5 |
| ହାମଜା | hamaja | 6.25 |
| Hamaja in the Marathi language | ||
| हमजा | hamaja | 70.93 |
| हामजा | hamaja | 11.63 |
| हमाजा | hamaja | 11.63 |
| हामाजा | hamaja | 2.33 |
| हंमजा | hammaja | 1.16 |
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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 Hamaja
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