Mahja Surname
Approximately 667 people bear this surname
Mahja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 583 | 1:33,106 | 2,081 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Albania | 25 | 1:116,562 | 10,484 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Mahja (1,522) may also be a first name.
Mahja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mahja (Arabic: مهجي, Hindi: महजा) is held by more people in Syria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 495,028th most frequently held family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 10,925,856 people. Mahja occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Mahja reside; 91 percent reside in West Asia and 91 percent reside in Levant. Mahja is also the 198,959th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,522 people.
This surname is most common in Syria, where it is carried by 583 people, or 1 in 33,106. In Syria Mahja is most frequent in: Rif Dimashq Governorate, where 100 percent live and Homs Governorate, where 0 percent live. Aside from Syria Mahja is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 4 percent live and Albania, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahja in the Hindi language | ||
| महजा | mahaja | - |
| Mahja in the Arabic language | ||
| مهجي | mhjy | - |
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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 Mahja
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