Jerja Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Jerja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 8 | 1:568,606 | 13,348 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Jerja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jerja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jerja (Arabic: الجرجي, Hindi: जेरजा, Oriya: େଜଜ) has its highest incidence in Palestine. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Jerja.
How Common Is The Last Name Jerja? popularity and diffusion
Jerja is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Jerja are found; 80 percent are found in West Asia and 80 percent are found in Levant.
It is most commonly used in Palestine, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 568,606. In Palestine it is primarily concentrated in: Hebron Governorate, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Palestine this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 10 percent are found and Spain, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jerja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jerja in the Hindi language | ||
| जेरजा | jeraja | - |
| Jerja in the Oriya language | ||
| େଜଜ | ejaja | - |
| Jerja in the Arabic language | ||
| الجرجي | aljrjy | - |
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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 Jerja
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