Sja Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Sja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran121:6,398,544138,820
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sja (148) may also be a first name.

Sja Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sja Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sja has its highest incidence in Iran. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sja? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,100,440th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. Sja is predominantly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Sja reside; 48 percent reside in South Asia and 38 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Sja is also the 757,758th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 148 people.

Sja is most frequent in Iran, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 6,398,544. In Iran it is most prevalent in: Fars Province, where 92 percent live and Tehran Province, where 8 percent live. Besides Iran it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 23 percent live and Egypt, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sjah86339/
Sjaa86217/
Sjau869/
Sjaj866/
Sjai863/
Sjha863/
Sjxa861/
Sjay861/
Sjsa861/
Sa80375,265/
Saaja75118/
Sjauš7546/
Sjach7540/
Sjaus7533/
Sjhah7511/
Soaja751/
Hsjha751/
Sah674,602,000/
Sha67551,922/
Sai67336,260/
Sau67266,328/
Say67173,035/
Sat67127,112/
Sia6782,422/
Sad6761,037/
Soa6737,917/
Sas6736,226/
Sea6729,136/
Saa6722,852/
Sap6711,743/
Saz678,907/
Sağ678,530/
Saj674,281/
Saç671,392/
Soj67911/
Saï67568/
Sjo67439/
Sajowa67408/
Sahaja67318/
Ssa67186/
Hsa67113/
Saî6784/
Saá6769/
Sga6744/
Jsa6731/
Sajova6731/
Sać6715/
Sza6715/
Sáa6710/
Sojowa679/
Sáj678/
Åsa678/
Jxa676/
Xsa676/
Ssaaja676/
Sxa675/
Saà675/
Séa675/
Shaaja672/
Saí672/
Saã672/
Sàa671/
Sač671/
Saë671/
Sjajjd671/
Shoaja671/

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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 Sja
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