Unja Surname
Approximately 1,219 people bear this surname
Unja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,004 | 1:764,009 | 34,707 |
| Malaysia | 129 | 1:228,637 | 13,135 |
| Indonesia | 52 | 1:2,543,254 | 149,807 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Unja (1,320) may also be a first name.
Unja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Unja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Unja (Hindi: उन्जा, Marathi: उंजा, Oriya: ନାଏକ) is found most frequently in India. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Unja.
How Common Is The Last Name Unja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 309,358th most frequently held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 5,978,299 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Unja reside; 82 percent reside in South Asia and 82 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 216,309th most frequent forename internationally, borne by 1,320 people.
This surname is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 1,004 people, or 1 in 764,009. In India Unja is most common in: Gujarat, where 97 percent reside, Odisha, where 2 percent reside and Madhya Pradesh, where 1 percent reside. Not including India this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 11 percent reside and Indonesia, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Unja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Unja in the Oriya language | ||
| ନାଏକ | na'eka | - |
| Unja in the Marathi language | ||
| उंजा | unja | - |
| Unja in the Hindi language | ||
| उन्जा | unja | 61.54 |
| उनजा | unaja | 23.08 |
| ऊंजा | unja | 15.38 |
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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 Unja
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