Samja Surname
Approximately 253 people bear this surname
Samja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 197 | 1:268,739 | 21,270 |
| Indonesia | 32 | 1:4,132,787 | 209,071 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Samja (203) may also be a first name.
Samja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samja (Bengali: সানজা, Hindi: समजा, Marathi: समजा) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,006,539th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 28,804,529 people. The surname Samja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Samja are found; 78 percent are found in East Africa and 78 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 635,584th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 203 people.
The surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 197 people, or 1 in 268,739. In Tanzania Samja is mostly concentrated in: Manyara Region, where 97 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 2 percent are found. Barring Tanzania it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 13 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samja in the Bengali language | ||
| সানজা | sanaja | - |
| Samja in the Marathi language | ||
| समजा | samaja | - |
| Samja in the Hindi language | ||
| समजा | samaja | 69.23 |
| सामजा | samaja | 15.38 |
| सम्जा | samja | 7.69 |
| संजा | sanja | 7.69 |
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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 Samja
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