Lajah Surname
Approximately 409 people bear this surname
Lajah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Malaysia | 79 | 1:373,345 | 19,730 |
| Kenya | 68 | 1:679,116 | 29,805 |
| Iran | 43 | 1:1,785,640 | 66,464 |
| Philippines | 30 | 1:3,374,607 | 147,509 |
| Yemen | 10 | 1:2,642,529 | 14,606 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Lajah (82) may also be a first name.
Lajah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lajah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lajah (Arabic: علاجه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﻴﺠﻪ) is most common in Malawi. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lajah? popularity and diffusion
Lajah is the 714,947th most commonly occurring last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,817,961 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Lajah reside; 38 percent reside in Southern Africa and 38 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,060,447th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 82 people.
The last name Lajah is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 157 people, or 1 in 109,039. Beside Malawi this surname exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 19 percent live and Kenya, where 17 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lajah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lajah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﻴﺠﻪ | lyjh | - |
| Lajah in the Arabic language | ||
| علاجه | lajh | - |
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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 Lajah
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