Helja Surname
Approximately 302 people bear this surname
Helja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 287 | 1:12,322 | 2,417 |
| Slovenia | 4 | 1:621,919 | 23,710 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
The alternate forms: Heljä (2) are calculated separately.
Helja (241) may also be a first name.
Helja Demographics
Average Helja Salary in
United States
$22,917 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Helja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Helja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Helja is carried by more people in Bosnia and Herzegovina than any other country/territory. It may also occur as: Heljä. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Helja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Helja is the 889,654th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 24,130,947 people. The last name Helja is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Helja live; 97 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent live in South Slavic Europe. Helja is also the 575,894th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 241 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is borne by 287 people, or 1 in 12,322. In Bosnia and Herzegovina it is mostly concentrated in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Bosnia and Herzegovina this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Slovenia, where 1 percent are found and Norway, where 1 percent are found.
Helja Last Name Statistics demography
Helja earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 46.89% less than the national average, earning $22,917 USD per year.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Helja
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