Shahja Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Shahja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
Shahja (351) may also be a first name.
Shahja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shahja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shahja (Hindi: शाहजा, Marathi: शहाजा) occurs most in India. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Shahja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shahja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shahja is the 3,432,070th most frequent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname Shahja is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Shahja reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 61 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Shahja is also the 465,148th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 351 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 59,005,029. In India Shahja is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 46 percent reside, Telangana, where 38 percent reside and Assam, where 8 percent reside. Besides India Shahja occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 33 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shahja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shahja in the Marathi language | ||
| शहाजा | sahaja | 56.12 |
| शाहजा | sahaja | 38.78 |
| शहजा | sahaja | 3.06 |
| Shahja in the Hindi language | ||
| शाहजा | sahaja | 45.65 |
| शहजा | sahaja | 36.96 |
| शहजाद | sahajada | 6.52 |
| शहजादी | sahajadi | 4.35 |
| शाहजादी | sahajadi | 2.17 |
| शाहजहा | sahajaha | 2.17 |
| शहजादे | sahajade | 2.17 |
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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 Shahja
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