Simaja Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Simaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Simaja (21) may also be a first name.
Simaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Simaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Simaja (Hindi: सिमजा, Marathi: सीमजा) is most common in Indonesia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Simaja.
How Common Is The Last Name Simaja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 80 percent of Simaja live; 70 percent live in Southeast Asia and 70 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Simaja is also the 2,368,944th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 21 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 18,892,742. In Indonesia Simaja is most numerous in: Maluku, where 86 percent are found and West Java, where 14 percent are found. Other than Indonesia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 20 percent are found and India, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Simaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Simaja in the Hindi language | ||
| सिमजा | simaja | - |
| Simaja in the Marathi language | ||
| सीमजा | simaja | - |
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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 Simaja
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