Jahaja Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Jahaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Macedonia | 3 | 1:700,491 | 23,754 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Jahaja (98) may also be a first name.
Jahaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jahaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jahaja (Hindi: जहाजा, Oriya: ଜାହାଜ) is carried by more people in North Macedonia than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Jahaja.
How Common Is The Last Name Jahaja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most widespread last name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 57 percent of Jahaja reside; 57 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 29 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jahaja is also the 956,749th most frequently held forename worldwide. It is borne by 98 people.
The last name Jahaja is most frequent in North Macedonia, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 700,491. In North Macedonia it is most prevalent in: Skopje, where 67 percent live and Polog, where 33 percent live. Other than North Macedonia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 29 percent live and Albania, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jahaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jahaja in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜାହାଜ | jahaja | 93.33 |
| ଯାହାଜ | yahaja | 6.67 |
| Jahaja in the Hindi language | ||
| जहाजा | jahaja | 87.5 |
| जहजा | jahaja | 12.5 |
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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 Jahaja
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