Sitaj Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Sitaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 56 | 1:13,697,596 | 234,369 |
| Albania | 29 | 1:100,485 | 9,695 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
The alternate forms: Šitaj (7) & Siťaj (1) are calculated separately.
Sitaj (168) may also be a first name.
Sitaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sitaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sitaj (Hindi: सितजा, Marathi: िसताज, Oriya: ଶିତଜ) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Šitaj or Siťaj. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sitaj? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sitaj is the 2,020,555th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. Sitaj is mostly found in Asia, where 65 percent of Sitaj are found; 65 percent are found in South Asia and 65 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 705,855th most widely held first name globally It is held by 168 people.
The surname is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 13,697,596. In India Sitaj is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 36 percent reside, Haryana, where 34 percent reside and Chandigarh, where 20 percent reside. Apart from India it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Albania, where 34 percent reside and Poland, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sitaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sitaj in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶିତଜ | sitaja | - |
| Sitaj in the Marathi language | ||
| िसताज | isataja | 69.23 |
| सीताज | sitaja | 28.21 |
| िसतज | isataja | 2.56 |
| Sitaj in the Hindi language | ||
| सितजा | sitaja | 47.37 |
| सिताज | sitaja | 39.47 |
| सीताज | sitaja | 5.26 |
| सीतज | sitaja | 2.63 |
| सिरताज | sirataja | 2.63 |
| सितज | sitaja | 2.63 |
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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 Sitaj
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