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
Sahja (Arabic: شجا, Hindi: सहजा, Marathi: सहजा, Oriya: ସାହ୍ଜ) is found most in Pakistan. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Sahja.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sahja is the 4,034,050th most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Sahja live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 75 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Sahja is also the 500,178th most widely held given name in the world. It is borne by 309 people.
The surname Sahja is most prevalent in Pakistan, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 9,924,660. In Pakistan Sahja is mostly found in: Punjab, where 61 percent reside and Sindh, where 39 percent reside. Other than Pakistan this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 21 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
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
- 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 Sahja
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