Wija Surname
Approximately 2,025 people bear this surname
Wija Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,642 | 1:80,542 | 8,526 |
| Poland | 250 | 1:152,035 | 21,611 |
| Taiwan | 31 | 1:756,282 | 5,404 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Czechia | 20 | 1:531,673 | 54,411 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Wija (634) may also be a first name.
Wija Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wija Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wija is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wija? popularity and diffusion
It is the 205,021st most widely held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 3,598,788 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Wija reside; 82 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 81 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Wija is also the 330,552nd most numerous given name globally, borne by 634 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 1,642 people, or 1 in 80,542. In Indonesia it is most common in: Bali, where 79 percent are found, West Nusa Tenggara, where 7 percent are found and Banten, where 3 percent are found. Other than Indonesia Wija occurs in 22 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 12 percent are found and Taiwan, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Wija
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