Padja Surname
Approximately 1,927 people bear this surname
Padja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 1,059 | 1:12,835 | 1,627 |
| Indonesia | 748 | 1:176,804 | 17,092 |
| Cameroon | 79 | 1:262,900 | 25,427 |
| Ivory Coast | 16 | 1:1,441,952 | 30,506 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Padja (355) may also be a first name.
Padja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Padja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Padja (Marathi: पद्जा) is found most in Chad. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Padja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Padja? popularity and diffusion
Padja is the 213,634th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 3,781,809 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Padja live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Chadic Africa. Padja is also the 462,374th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 355 people.
The last name Padja is most commonly occurring in Chad, where it is carried by 1,059 people, or 1 in 12,835. Aside from Chad it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 39 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Padja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Padja in the Marathi language | ||
| पद्जा | padja | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Padja
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