Jeja Surname
Approximately 352 people bear this surname
Jeja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 222 | 1:595,717 | 47,390 |
| India | 61 | 1:12,574,842 | 222,490 |
| Tanzania | 23 | 1:2,301,809 | 48,176 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Namibia | 6 | 1:401,567 | 10,578 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Jeja (293) may also be a first name.
Jeja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jeja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jeja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﺠﺎ, Hindi: जेजा, Marathi: जेजा, Oriya: େଜଯା) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jeja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jeja is the 798,040th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 20,703,255 people. Jeja occurs mostly in Asia, where 80 percent of Jeja live; 62 percent live in Southeast Asia and 62 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 515,650th most frequent given name on earth, held by 293 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is held by 222 people, or 1 in 595,717. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: North Sumatra, where 70 percent reside, East Nusa Tenggara, where 25 percent reside and East Kalimantan, where 2 percent reside. Besides Indonesia Jeja exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in India, where 17 percent reside and Tanzania, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jeja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jeja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﺠﺎ | jja | - |
| Jeja in the Hindi language | ||
| जेजा | jeja | - |
| Jeja in the Oriya language | ||
| େଜଯା | ejaya | - |
| Jeja in the Marathi language | ||
| जेजा | jeja | - |
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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 Jeja
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