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

The surname Sja occurs most in Iran. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sja click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sja? popularity and diffusion

Sja is the 3,100,440th most prevalent family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 80 percent of Sja are found; 48 percent are found in South Asia and 38 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 757,758th most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 148 people.

This last name is most widespread in Iran, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 6,398,544. In Iran Sja is mostly found in: Fars Province, where 92 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Iran it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 23 percent reside and Egypt, where 10 percent reside.

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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