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 last name Wija is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wija? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 205,021st most frequent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,598,788 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Wija live; 82 percent live in Southeast Asia and 81 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 330,552nd most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 634 people.
The surname Wija is most frequently occurring 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. Outside of Indonesia it exists 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
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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 Wija
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