Shaja Surname
Approximately 2,645 people bear this surname
Shaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 2,101 | 1:12,577 | 1,482 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| DR Congo | 164 | 1:450,485 | 36,956 |
| India | 67 | 1:11,448,737 | 210,278 |
| Pakistan | 52 | 1:3,435,459 | 26,277 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Shaja (2,698) may also be a first name.
Shaja Demographics
Average Shaja Salary in
United States
$29,975 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shaja (Hindi: शाजा, Marathi: शाजा, Tibetan: ཤེས་བྱ་) is found most frequently in Yemen. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shaja is the 164,067th most numerous surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 2,755,216 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Shaja are found; 88 percent are found in West Asia and 88 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. Shaja is also the 141,026th most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 2,698 people.
The last name Shaja is most frequently used in Yemen, where it is borne by 2,101 people, or 1 in 12,577. In Yemen it is mostly concentrated in: Ibb Governorate, where 31 percent live, Sa'dah Governorate, where 27 percent live and 'Amran Governorate, where 16 percent live. Barring Yemen this surname exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 8 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.
Shaja Last Name Statistics demography
Shaja earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 30.53% less than the national average, earning $29,975 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shaja in the Marathi language | ||
| शाजा | saja | 53.33 |
| शजा | saja | 26.67 |
| शाजाह | sajaha | 6.67 |
| शहाजा | sahaja | 6.67 |
| शहाज | sahaja | 6.67 |
| Shaja in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤེས་བྱ་ | sheja | 50 |
| ཤཱཀྱ། | shakya | 50 |
| Shaja in the Hindi language | ||
| शाजा | saja | 50 |
| शजा | saja | 46.43 |
| षाजा | saja | 3.57 |
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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 Shaja
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