Hidja Surname
Approximately 774 people bear this surname
Hidja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 662 | 1:58,356 | 9,802 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Hidja (154) may also be a first name.
Hidja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hidja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Hidja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﺠﺎ) is held by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hidja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 441,818th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 9,415,434 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Hidja reside; 86 percent reside in North Africa and 86 percent reside in Mahgreb. Hidja is also the 740,891st most frequently occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 154 people.
This last name is most numerous in Algeria, where it is borne by 662 people, or 1 in 58,356. In Algeria Hidja is primarily found in: Béjaïa Province, where 100 percent live and Algiers Province, where 0 percent live. Without taking into account Algeria this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 6 percent live and Indonesia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hidja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hidja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﺠﺎ | hja | 50 |
| ﺣﺠﻪ | hjh | 50 |
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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 Hidja
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