Jahja Surname
Approximately 3,572 people bear this surname
Jahja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 2,086 | 1:63,398 | 6,907 |
| Albania | 673 | 1:4,330 | 797 |
| North Macedonia | 192 | 1:10,945 | 1,750 |
| Kosovo | 183 | 1:10,174 | 1,534 |
| United States | 100 | 1:3,624,589 | 201,936 |
| Greece | 59 | 1:187,793 | 30,074 |
| Australia | 31 | 1:870,829 | 53,581 |
| New Caledonia | 26 | 1:10,624 | 2,723 |
| Belgium | 24 | 1:479,027 | 47,365 |
| Sweden | 22 | 1:447,580 | 32,003 |
| Thailand | 22 | 1:3,210,834 | 301,565 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Israel | 18 | 1:475,424 | 36,085 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Lebanon | 12 | 1:469,757 | 12,312 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Switzerland | 4 | 1:2,053,229 | 97,179 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
Jahja (2,164) may also be a first name.
Jahja Demographics
Average Jahja Salary in
United States
$39,923 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Jahja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jahja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jahja (Arabic: جهجا) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jahja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Jahja is the 127,074th most widespread family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,040,186 people. The last name Jahja is primarily found in Asia, where 62 percent of Jahja reside; 60 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 59 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Jahja is also the 161,203rd most frequently occurring given name in the world, held by 2,164 people.
The surname is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 2,086 people, or 1 in 63,398. In Indonesia it is most common in: Jakarta, where 42 percent reside, West Java, where 17 percent reside and Gorontalo, where 15 percent reside. Barring Indonesia this surname is found in 41 countries. It is also common in Albania, where 19 percent reside and North Macedonia, where 5 percent reside.
Jahja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Melkite Greek Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Jahja surname are 15.19% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 68.42% being registered with the party.
The amount Jahja earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 16.48% less than the national average, earning R 198,468 per year and in United States they earn 7.48% less than the national average, earning $39,923 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jahja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jahja in the Arabic language | ||
| جهجا | jhja | - |
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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 Jahja
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