Wajha Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Wajha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 40 | 1:3,306,230 | 179,945 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Wajha (68) may also be a first name.
Wajha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wajha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wajha (Arabic: وجها) is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wajha? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,605,694th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Wajha reside; 89 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 89 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,181,159th most prevalent given name internationally, held by 68 people.
The surname Wajha is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 3,306,230. In Indonesia Wajha is most prevalent in: Central Sulawesi, where 75 percent are found and North Sumatra, where 25 percent are found. Barring Indonesia it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 16 percent are found and Pakistan, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wajha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wajha in the Arabic language | ||
| وجها | wjha | - |
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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 Wajha
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