Mortaja Surname
Approximately 329 people bear this surname
Mortaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 183 | 1:4,191,614 | 111,941 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Mortaja (621) may also be a first name.
Mortaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mortaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mortaja (Hindi: मोर्तजा, Marathi: मोतर्जा) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mortaja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mortaja is the 837,371st most common surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 22,150,595 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Mortaja live; 58 percent live in South Asia and 56 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Mortaja is also the 334,590th most common first name internationally, borne by 621 people.
This last name is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 183 people, or 1 in 4,191,614. In India Mortaja is mostly found in: West Bengal, where 95 percent are found, Bihar, where 2 percent are found and Telangana, where 2 percent are found. Other than India this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Kuwait, where 23 percent are found and Qatar, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mortaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mortaja in the Marathi language | ||
| मोतर्जा | motarja | 75 |
| मोरताजा | morataja | 25 |
| Mortaja in the Hindi language | ||
| मोर्तजा | mortaja | 50 |
| मोरतजा | morataja | 50 |
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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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- 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 Mortaja
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