Kärjä Surname

1,558,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 132 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Finland
Highest density in:
Finland

Kärjä Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kärjä Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Finland1301:42,2825,288
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Karja (2,146) are calculated separately.

Kärjä Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kärjä Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kärjä is borne by more people in Finland than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant: Karja. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kärjä? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,558,593rd most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 55,208,681 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Kärjä reside; 99 percent reside in Northern Europe and 99 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname Kärjä is most frequently occurring in Finland, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 42,282. In Finland it is most frequent in: Northern Ostrobothnia, where 54 percent live, Uusimaa, where 15 percent live and Central Ostrobothnia, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Finland it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karja872,146/
Kärhä80236/
Kärjes735/
Kärrsjö674/
Krja674/
Krji673/
Krjo672/
Krje671/
Krjy671/

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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 Kärjä
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