Ilja Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Ilja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estonia | 54 | 1:24,478 | 4,454 |
| Latvia | 26 | 1:78,848 | 11,595 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 1:606,918 | 21,375 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
Ilja (11,045) may also be a first name.
Ilja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ilja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ilja (Hindi: इल्जा) is borne by more people in Estonia than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ilja.
How Common Is The Last Name Ilja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,637,889th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Ilja are found; 75 percent are found in Northern Europe and 70 percent are found in Baltic Europe. Ilja is also the 57,312th most frequently occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 11,045 people.
The surname is most numerous in Estonia, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 24,478. Aside from Estonia this last name occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in Latvia, where 21 percent reside and Russia, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ilja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ilja in the Hindi language | ||
| इल्जा | ilja | 66.67 |
| ईल्जा | ilja | 33.33 |
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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 Ilja
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