Parja Surname
Approximately 2,890 people bear this surname
Parja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,679 | 1:286,325 | 16,249 |
| Indonesia | 61 | 1:2,168,020 | 133,281 |
| Nepal | 57 | 1:499,666 | 4,398 |
| Romania | 52 | 1:386,113 | 32,215 |
| Albania | 8 | 1:364,257 | 16,885 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
The alternate forms: Pârja (2) are calculated separately.
Parja (893) may also be a first name.
Parja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Parja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Parja (Hindi: परजा, Marathi: पज, Oriya: ପଜର୍ା, Tibetan: པར་ཇ་) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Pârja. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Parja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 152,303rd most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,521,642 people. The last name Parja is mostly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Parja live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 95 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Parja is also the 271,926th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 893 people.
This surname is most widespread in India, where it is carried by 2,679 people, or 1 in 286,325. In India it is most numerous in: Assam, where 58 percent live, West Bengal, where 35 percent live and Arunachal Pradesh, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account India this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 2 percent live and Nepal, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Parja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Parja in the Marathi language | ||
| पज | paja | - |
| Parja in the Hindi language | ||
| परजा | paraja | 68.42 |
| पर्जा | parja | 15.79 |
| पारजा | paraja | 10.53 |
| प्रजा | praja | 5.26 |
| Parja in the Tibetan language | ||
| པར་ཇ་ | parja | 50 |
| པར་ཇཱ་ | parja | 50 |
| Parja in the Oriya language | ||
| ପଜର୍ା | pajara | 42.86 |
| ପରଜା | paraja | 28.57 |
| ଜାନି | jani | 14.29 |
| ପାଜ | paja | 14.29 |
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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 Parja
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