Hijja Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Hijja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 112 | 1:472,693 | 32,330 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Jordan | 8 | 1:1,105,305 | 16,405 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Hijja (152) may also be a first name.
Hijja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hijja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hijja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺤﺠﺔ, Hindi: हिज्जा) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hijja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,527,735th most common family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. Hijja occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Hijja live; 85 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Hijja is also the 746,252nd most common forename at a global level It is held by 152 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 472,693. In Tanzania Hijja is mostly concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 62 percent live, Zanzibar Urban West Region, where 29 percent live and Mtwara Region, where 4 percent live. Beside Tanzania this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 8 percent live and Jordan, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hijja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hijja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺤﺠﺔ | alhjt | - |
| Hijja in the Hindi language | ||
| हिज्जा | hijja | - |
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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 Hijja
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