Terja Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Terja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 17 | 1:240,874 | 11,443 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Terja (278) may also be a first name.
Terja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Terja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Terja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺘﻴﺮﺟﻪ, Hindi: तेरजा, Marathi: तेरेजा, Oriya: େତରଜା) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Terja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Terja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,602,217th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Terja live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 532,586th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 278 people.
The surname Terja is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 240,874. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Adrar Region, where 65 percent reside and Tiris Zemmour Region, where 35 percent reside. Apart from Mauritania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 37 percent reside and Latvia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Terja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Terja in the Hindi language | ||
| तेरजा | teraja | - |
| Terja in the Marathi language | ||
| तेरेजा | tereja | - |
| Terja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺘﻴﺮﺟﻪ | altyrjh | 50 |
| ﺗﻴﺮﺝ | tyrj | 16.67 |
| ﺍﻟﺘﻴﺮﺝ | altyrj | 16.67 |
| ﺃﺗﻴﺮﺝ | atyrj | 16.67 |
| Terja in the Oriya language | ||
| େତରଜା | etaraja | 50 |
| େତଜ | etaja | 50 |
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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 Terja
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