Shuja Surname
Approximately 11,748 people bear this surname
Shuja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 4,796 | 1:37,249 | 1,699 |
| Afghanistan | 1,991 | 1:16,149 | 907 |
| Syria | 1,134 | 1:17,020 | 1,319 |
| Iraq | 880 | 1:39,797 | 1,724 |
| Yemen | 531 | 1:49,765 | 3,984 |
| Saudi Arabia | 517 | 1:59,682 | 8,852 |
| United Arab Emirates | 448 | 1:20,452 | 2,368 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| India | 278 | 1:2,759,228 | 85,175 |
| Lebanon | 278 | 1:20,277 | 2,460 |
| United States | 175 | 1:2,071,194 | 131,950 |
| England | 86 | 1:647,884 | 37,755 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Canada | 53 | 1:695,200 | 56,020 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Shuja (22,337) may also be a first name.
Shuja Demographics
Average Shuja Salary in
United States
$54,522 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shuja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shuja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shuja (Hindi: शुजा, Marathi: शुजा) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Shuja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shuja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 44,206th most frequently used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 620,322 people. The surname Shuja occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Shuja live; 63 percent live in South Asia and 61 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Shuja is also the 34,791st most commonly held forename throughout the world, held by 22,337 people.
This last name is most widespread in Pakistan, where it is carried by 4,796 people, or 1 in 37,249. In Pakistan it is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 55 percent are found, Sindh, where 28 percent are found and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 10 percent are found. Other than Pakistan this surname occurs in 46 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 17 percent are found and Syria, where 10 percent are found.
Shuja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Druze (62%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Shuja surname are 0.1% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.33% registered with the political party.
The amount Shuja earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 40.12% less than the national average, earning 207,231 kr per year; in United States they earn 26.36% more than the national average, earning $54,522 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.04% more than the national average, earning $53,679 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shuja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shuja in the Marathi language | ||
| शुजा | suja | - |
| Shuja in the Hindi language | ||
| शुजा | suja | 96.52 |
| शूजा | suja | 3.19 |
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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 Shuja
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