Shaje Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Shaje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Shaje (274) may also be a first name.
Shaje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shaje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shaje (Hindi: शाजे, Marathi: शहाजी) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shaje? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,100,440th most widely held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Shaje live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Shaje is also the 536,832nd most prevalent first name globally, borne by 274 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria Shaje is most common in: Kaduna, where 68 percent live, Benue, where 25 percent live and Gombe, where 4 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 15 percent live and Sweden, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shaje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shaje in the Hindi language | ||
| शाजे | saje | 87.5 |
| शजे | saje | 12.5 |
| Shaje in the Marathi language | ||
| शहाजी | sahaji | 40 |
| शजे | saje | 40 |
| सहजे | sahaje | 20 |
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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 Shaje
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