Imja Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Imja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Imja (23) may also be a first name.
Imja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Imja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Imja (Hindi: इम्जा) is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Imja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Imja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Imja is the 3,798,600th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 85 percent of Imja reside; 85 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 85 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Imja is also the 2,239,265th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 23 people.
Imja is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea Imja is most common in: Western, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 33 percent are found and India, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Imja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Imja in the Hindi language | ||
| इम्जा | imja | 50 |
| इमजाना | imajana | 25 |
| इमजा | imaja | 25 |
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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 Imja
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