Majah Surname
Approximately 443 people bear this surname
Majah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 276 | 1:479,164 | 39,474 |
| Nigeria | 63 | 1:2,811,790 | 89,258 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Zimbabwe | 18 | 1:857,680 | 57,134 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Afghanistan | 8 | 1:4,019,148 | 21,487 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Seychelles | 4 | 1:23,098 | 1,012 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Majah (616) may also be a first name.
Majah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Majah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Majah (Arabic: ماجه, Hindi: मजह, Marathi: मजह) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Majah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 674,066th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 16,450,442 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 71 percent of Majah live; 68 percent live in Southeast Asia and 67 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 336,421st most widely held first name on earth, borne by 616 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 276 people, or 1 in 479,164. In Indonesia Majah is mostly found in: Jakarta, where 49 percent are found, Central Java, where 14 percent are found and South Kalimantan, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Indonesia this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 14 percent are found and Botswana, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Majah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Majah in the Hindi language | ||
| मजह | majaha | 85.71 |
| मजहर | majahara | 14.29 |
| Majah in the Marathi language | ||
| मजह | majaha | 75 |
| मज | maja | 25 |
| Majah in the Arabic language | ||
| ماجه | majh | - |
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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 Majah
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