Lamja Surname
Approximately 352 people bear this surname
Lamja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 208 | 1:851,648 | 37,411 |
| Albania | 110 | 1:26,491 | 4,285 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Lamja (14) may also be a first name.
Lamja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lamja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lamja (Hindi: लम्जा) is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lamja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lamja is the 798,040th most widely held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 20,703,255 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 62 percent of Lamja live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Lamja is also the 3,024,661st most frequent first name globally, held by 14 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 208 people, or 1 in 851,648. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kogi, where 83 percent are found, Kaduna, where 13 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 2 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Lamja occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Albania, where 31 percent are found and Indonesia, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lamja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lamja in the Hindi language | ||
| लम्जा | lamja | - |
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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 Lamja
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