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་) occurs most in India. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Sheja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,436,415th most widely held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 117,541,063 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 44 percent of Sheja reside; 29 percent reside in South Asia and 24 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 784,558th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 139 people.
The surname Sheja is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 54,790,384. In India it is most common in: Andhra Pradesh, where 79 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 14 percent are found and Telangana, where 7 percent are found. Not including India this last name occurs 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 |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis