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
Medja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺪﺟﻪ, Hindi: मेडजा) is found in Equatorial Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Medja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Medja is the 89,453rd most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 1,358,603 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Medja are found; 77 percent are found in Central Africa and 73 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 727,628th most common first name throughout the world, held by 159 people.
This last name is most numerous in Equatorial Guinea, where it is held by 2,549 people, or 1 in 446. Besides Equatorial Guinea it 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 holding the Medja surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the 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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