Shajah Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Shajah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 32 | 1:23,970,793 | 327,222 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Liberia | 22 | 1:200,388 | 13,260 |
| Pakistan | 14 | 1:12,760,278 | 55,960 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Shajah (260) may also be a first name.
Shajah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shajah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shajah (Hindi: शाजाह, Marathi: शाहजान) has its highest incidence in India. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Shajah.
How Common Is The Last Name Shajah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,806,862nd most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. Shajah occurs mostly in Asia, where 79 percent of Shajah live; 44 percent live in South Asia and 31 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 552,051st most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 260 people.
It is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 23,970,793. In India Shajah is most common in: Andhra Pradesh, where 34 percent are found, Assam, where 31 percent are found and Telangana, where 22 percent are found. Beside India this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 30 percent are found and Liberia, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shajah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shajah in the Hindi language | ||
| शाजाह | sajaha | 62.5 |
| शजाह | sajaha | 12.5 |
| शाहजहां | sahajaham | 12.5 |
| शाजहा | sajaha | 12.5 |
| Shajah in the Marathi language | ||
| शाहजान | sahajana | 25 |
| शाजाह | sajaha | 25 |
| शहाजन | sahajana | 25 |
| शनह | sanaha | 25 |
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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 Shajah
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