Sijah Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Sijah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77 | 1:45,927 | 5,983 |
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Croatia | 10 | 1:422,860 | 35,095 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Sijah (871) may also be a first name.
Sijah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sijah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sijah (Hindi: सिजह) is carried by more people in Bosnia and Herzegovina than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sijah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sijah is the 1,558,593rd most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 55,208,681 people. Sijah occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Sijah live; 66 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 66 percent live in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 275,682nd most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 871 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is held by 77 people, or 1 in 45,927. In Bosnia and Herzegovina it is mostly concentrated in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 100 percent reside. Not including Bosnia and Herzegovina this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 14 percent reside and India, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sijah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sijah in the Hindi language | ||
| सिजह | sijaha | - |
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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 Sijah
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