Medja Surname
Approximately 5,364 people bear this surname
Medja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equatorial Guinea | 2,549 | 1:446 | 97 |
| Cameroon | 1,588 | 1:13,079 | 1,784 |
| Algeria | 343 | 1:112,628 | 16,206 |
| Slovenia | 317 | 1:7,848 | 1,767 |
| Benin | 223 | 1:46,348 | 5,879 |
| Indonesia | 147 | 1:899,654 | 67,360 |
| Albania | 131 | 1:22,245 | 3,753 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Croatia | 8 | 1:528,576 | 38,675 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Medja (159) may also be a first name.
Medja Demographics
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Medja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Medja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Medja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺪﺟﻪ, Hindi: मेडजा) occurs most in Equatorial Guinea. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Medja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Medja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 89,453rd most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,358,603 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Medja live; 77 percent live in Central Africa and 73 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 727,628th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 159 people.
It is most commonly used in Equatorial Guinea, where it is carried by 2,549 people, or 1 in 446. Excluding Equatorial Guinea this surname exists in 20 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 30 percent reside and Algeria, where 6 percent reside.
Medja Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Medja surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% registered with the political party.
Medja earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.38% less than the national average, earning $36,514 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Medja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Medja in the Hindi language | ||
| मेडजा | medaja | - |
| Medja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺪﺟﻪ | mdjh | 80 |
| ﻣﺪﺝ | mdj | 20 |
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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 Medja
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