Jija Surname
Approximately 1,703 people bear this surname
Jija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 638 | 1:277,653 | 15,726 |
| South Africa | 460 | 1:117,778 | 14,016 |
| India | 313 | 1:2,450,688 | 78,746 |
| Indonesia | 168 | 1:787,198 | 59,965 |
| Zimbabwe | 42 | 1:367,577 | 34,250 |
| Thailand | 19 | 1:3,717,808 | 320,775 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Jija (11,721) may also be a first name.
Jija Demographics
Average Jija Salary in
South Africa
R 98,160
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Jija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jija Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jija (Hindi: जीजा, Marathi: जीजा, Oriya: ଜିଜା) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jija? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 236,109th most common last name globally, borne by around 1 in 4,279,240 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 68 percent of Jija reside; 37 percent reside in West Africa and 37 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jija is also the 55,069th most widespread first name globally, held by 11,721 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 638 people, or 1 in 277,653. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 76 percent live, Nasarawa, where 6 percent live and Bauchi, where 5 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Jija exists in 28 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 27 percent live and India, where 18 percent live.
Jija Last Name Statistics demography
Jija earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 58.69% less than the national average, earning R 98,160 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jija Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jija in the Marathi language | ||
| जीजा | jija | 97.7 |
| जिजा | jija | 2.3 |
| Jija in the Hindi language | ||
| जीजा | jija | 96.85 |
| जिजा | jija | 2.83 |
| जिज्ञा | jijna | 0.25 |
| जया | jaya | 0.04 |
| सीता | sita | 0.04 |
| Jija in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜିଜା | jija | 66.67 |
| ଜୀଜା | jija | 33.33 |
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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 Jija
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