Sahja Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Sahja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 18 | 1:9,924,660 | 48,309 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sahja (309) may also be a first name.
Sahja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sahja (Arabic: شجا, Hindi: सहजा, Marathi: सहजा, Oriya: ସାହ୍ଜ) occurs in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,034,050th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Sahja reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 75 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 500,178th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 309 people.
This last name is most numerous in Pakistan, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 9,924,660. In Pakistan it is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 61 percent live and Sindh, where 39 percent live. Excluding Pakistan Sahja is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 21 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sahja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sahja in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାହ୍ଜ | sahja | - |
| Sahja in the Marathi language | ||
| सहजा | sahaja | - |
| Sahja in the Hindi language | ||
| सहजा | sahaja | 78.57 |
| साहजा | sahaja | 10.71 |
| सहजदअली | sahajada'ali | 3.57 |
| शहजा | sahaja | 3.57 |
| सह्ज | sahja | 3.57 |
| Sahja in the Arabic language | ||
| شجا | shja | - |
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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 Sahja
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