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
Lamja (Hindi: लम्जा) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Lamja.
How Common Is The Last Name Lamja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lamja is the 798,040th most numerous family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 20,703,255 people. It occurs mostly 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 numerous forename at a global level, held by 14 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 208 people, or 1 in 851,648. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Kogi, where 83 percent reside, Kaduna, where 13 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Albania, where 31 percent reside and Indonesia, where 3 percent reside.
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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