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
The surname Sheja (Hindi: शेजा, Marathi: शेजा, Oriya: େଶଜ, Tibetan: ཤེས་རྒྱ་) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheja? popularity and diffusion
Sheja is the 2,436,415th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. It occurs mostly 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. Sheja is also the 784,558th most commonly held given name worldwide. It is borne by 139 people.
The last name Sheja is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 54,790,384. In India Sheja is most prevalent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 79 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 14 percent are found and Telangana, where 7 percent are found. Apart from India this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also common in Albania, where 18 percent are found and Tanzania, where 15 percent are found.
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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