Kadhija Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Kadhija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
Kadhija (179) may also be a first name.
Kadhija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kadhija Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kadhija (Marathi: कधीजा) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kadhija? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Kadhija reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 63 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Kadhija is also the 681,368th most frequently used forename throughout the world, borne by 179 people.
Kadhija is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya Kadhija is most numerous in: Turkana County, where 80 percent live and Wajir County, where 20 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 25 percent live and Uruguay, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kadhija Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kadhija in the Marathi language | ||
| कधीजा | kadhija | - |
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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 Kadhija
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