Mouja Surname
Approximately 265 people bear this surname
Mouja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mouja (169) may also be a first name.
Mouja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mouja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mouja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﺟﻪ, Hindi: मौजा, Oriya: େମାଉଜ) is carried by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mouja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 975,866th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 27,500,173 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Mouja reside; 90 percent reside in North Africa and 90 percent reside in Mahgreb. Mouja is also the 703,581st most widely held first name on earth It is held by 169 people.
The last name Mouja is most commonly used in Morocco, where it is carried by 239 people, or 1 in 144,251. Besides Morocco this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 3 percent are found and India, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mouja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mouja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻮﺟﻪ | mwjh | - |
| Mouja in the Hindi language | ||
| मौजा | mauja | - |
| Mouja in the Oriya language | ||
| େମାଉଜ | ema'uja | 50 |
| ମଉଜ | ma'uja | 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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- 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 Mouja
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