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) is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hijja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,527,735th most commonly held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. Hijja occurs predominantly 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 commonly used first name internationally, held by 152 people.
Hijja is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 112 people, or 1 in 472,693. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 62 percent are found, Zanzibar Urban West Region, where 29 percent are found and Mtwara Region, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 8 percent are found and Jordan, where 6 percent are found.
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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