Kuja Surname
Approximately 1,379 people bear this surname
Kuja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 352 | 1:2,179,163 | 72,775 |
| Peru | 293 | 1:108,478 | 6,668 |
| Tanzania | 141 | 1:375,472 | 27,321 |
| Ecuador | 114 | 1:139,525 | 6,920 |
| Nigeria | 86 | 1:2,059,800 | 71,823 |
| United States | 83 | 1:4,366,975 | 231,516 |
| Czechia | 77 | 1:138,097 | 21,749 |
| Kenya | 64 | 1:721,561 | 30,456 |
| Indonesia | 44 | 1:3,005,664 | 168,399 |
| Malaysia | 43 | 1:685,912 | 32,468 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Küja (1) are calculated separately.
Kuja (1,084) may also be a first name.
Kuja Demographics
Kuja Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kuja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kuja (Hindi: कुजा, Marathi: कूजा, Oriya: କୁଜା) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Küja. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 280,156th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 5,284,660 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 37 percent of Kuja are found; 30 percent are found in South America and 30 percent are found in Andean South America. Kuja is also the 242,513th most frequent first name in the world, held by 1,084 people.
The surname is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 352 people, or 1 in 2,179,163. In India Kuja is mostly found in: Telangana, where 45 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 43 percent live and Madhya Pradesh, where 4 percent live. Outside of India it occurs in 30 countries. It is also found in Peru, where 21 percent live and Tanzania, where 10 percent live.
Kuja Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Kuja has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kuja surname expanded 1,186 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kuja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kuja surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (94%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Kuja surname are 42.42% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95.65% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kuja earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 53.14% less than the national average, earning S/. 9,083 per year; in United States they earn 13.78% less than the national average, earning $37,203 USD per year and in Canada they earn 38.37% more than the national average, earning $68,744 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kuja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kuja in the Oriya language | ||
| କୁଜା | kuja | 87.4 |
| କୁଯା | kuya | 11.02 |
| କୁଜ | kuja | 1.57 |
| Kuja in the Hindi language | ||
| कुजा | kuja | 75 |
| कूजा | kuja | 12.5 |
| कुञ्जा | kunja | 3.13 |
| पूंजा | punja | 3.13 |
| कूज | kuja | 3.13 |
| कु्जा | kuja | 3.13 |
| Kuja in the Marathi language | ||
| कूजा | kuja | 50 |
| कुजा | kuja | 50 |
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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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- 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 Kuja
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