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
Shuja Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Shuja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shuja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Shuja (Hindi: शुजा, Marathi: शुजा) is most common in Pakistan. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shuja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Shuja is the 44,206th most commonly held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 620,322 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Shuja reside; 63 percent reside in South Asia and 61 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 34,791st most commonly used given name internationally. It is borne by 22,337 people.
The surname is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is carried by 4,796 people, or 1 in 37,249. In Pakistan it is primarily found in: Punjab, where 55 percent are found, Sindh, where 28 percent are found and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Pakistan Shuja exists in 46 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 17 percent are found and Syria, where 10 percent are found.
Shuja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Shuja 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 with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.33% registered with the 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
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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 Shuja
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