Nahaja Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Nahaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Nahaja (48) may also be a first name.
Nahaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nahaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nahaja (Marathi: नाहजा) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Nahaja.
How Common Is The Last Name Nahaja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,185,033rd most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname Nahaja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Nahaja are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nahaja is also the 1,448,253rd most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 48 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria Nahaja is mostly concentrated in: Sokoto, where 89 percent are found, Kano, where 6 percent are found and Zamfara, where 6 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 32 percent are found and Latvia, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nahaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nahaja in the Marathi language | ||
| नाहजा | nahaja | - |
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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 Nahaja
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