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 found most frequently in Syria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 495,028th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 10,925,856 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Mahja live; 91 percent live in West Asia and 91 percent live in Levant. It is also the 198,959th most commonly held given name on earth, borne by 1,522 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Syria, where it is carried by 583 people, or 1 in 33,106. In Syria Mahja is most numerous in: Rif Dimashq Governorate, where 100 percent are found and Homs Governorate, where 0 percent are found. Aside from Syria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 4 percent are found and Albania, where 4 percent are found.
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
- 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 Mahja
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