Nauja Surname
Approximately 433 people bear this surname
Nauja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 415 | 1:127,570 | 11,995 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Nauja (318) may also be a first name.
Nauja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nauja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nauja (Hindi: नौजा, Marathi: नौजा, Oriya: ନାଉଯା) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nauja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nauja is the 685,266th most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,830,360 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Nauja live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 492,367th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 318 people.
The last name Nauja is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 415 people, or 1 in 127,570. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Lindi Region, where 71 percent live, Mtwara Region, where 28 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Tanzania Nauja exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 2 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nauja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nauja in the Oriya language | ||
| ନାଉଯା | na'uya | - |
| Nauja in the Hindi language | ||
| नौजा | nauja | 97.01 |
| नौजी | nauji | 1.49 |
| नऊजा | na'uja | 1.49 |
| Nauja in the Marathi language | ||
| नौजा | nauja | 75 |
| अनुजा | anuja | 25 |
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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 Nauja
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