Sheja Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Sheja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Albania | 11 | 1:264,914 | 15,006 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sheja (139) may also be a first name.
Sheja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sheja (Hindi: शेजा, Marathi: शेजा, Oriya: େଶଜ, Tibetan: ཤེས་རྒྱ་) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,436,415th most common family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 44 percent of Sheja are found; 29 percent are found in South Asia and 24 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 784,558th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 139 people.
This surname is most widely held in India, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 54,790,384. In India Sheja is most frequent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 79 percent reside, Maharashtra, where 14 percent reside and Telangana, where 7 percent reside. Apart from India it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Albania, where 18 percent reside and Tanzania, where 15 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheja in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤེས་རྒྱ་ | shégya | - |
| Sheja in the Hindi language | ||
| शेजा | seja | - |
| Sheja in the Marathi language | ||
| शेजा | seja | 75 |
| शेजाळ | sejala | 12.5 |
| शेजे | seje | 12.5 |
| Sheja in the Oriya language | ||
| େଶଜ | esaja | 66.67 |
| େଶଜା | esaja | 33.33 |
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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 Sheja
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