Wijaya Surname
Approximately 319,528 people bear this surname
Wijaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 311,224 | 1:425 | 20 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,827 | 1:11,389 | 1,622 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,749 | 1:17,642 | 2,451 |
| Thailand | 1,170 | 1:60,375 | 7,503 |
| Singapore | 680 | 1:8,100 | 464 |
| Australia | 622 | 1:43,401 | 5,506 |
| United States | 614 | 1:590,324 | 48,194 |
| Malaysia | 314 | 1:93,931 | 6,509 |
| United Arab Emirates | 310 | 1:29,556 | 3,247 |
| Qatar | 203 | 1:11,616 | 1,265 |
| Taiwan | 192 | 1:122,108 | 1,124 |
| Hong Kong | 155 | 1:47,326 | 847 |
| Japan | 111 | 1:1,151,750 | 21,519 |
| Canada | 96 | 1:383,808 | 34,152 |
| Germany | 46 | 1:1,750,119 | 100,509 |
| China | 46 | 1:29,724,382 | 1,576 |
| Netherlands | 31 | 1:544,748 | 49,659 |
| New Zealand | 29 | 1:156,149 | 17,650 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Laos | 4 | 1:1,647,081 | 888 |
| East Timor | 4 | 1:303,982 | 255 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
Wijaya (10,866) may also be a first name.
Wijaya Demographics
Average Male Wijaya Height
169.59 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Wijaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wijaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wijaya (Arabic: ليجايا, Hindi: विजया, Marathi: िवजया, Oriya: ୱିଜୟା) occurs most in Indonesia. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wijaya? popularity and diffusion
Wijaya is the 1,719th most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 22,807 people. The last name Wijaya is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Wijaya reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 97 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Wijaya is also the 57,989th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 10,866 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 311,224 people, or 1 in 425. In Indonesia Wijaya is primarily found in: West Java, where 28 percent live, East Java, where 18 percent live and Jakarta, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname exists in 53 countries. It is also found in Sri Lanka, where 1 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent live.
Wijaya Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Wijaya surname are 5.28% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 58.51% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Wijaya earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 9.14% more than the national average, earning $47,092 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.66% more than the national average, earning $50,507 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wijaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wijaya in the Hindi language | ||
| विजया | vijaya | - |
| Wijaya in the Marathi language | ||
| िवजया | ivajaya | 66.67 |
| िवजय | ivajaya | 33.33 |
| Wijaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱିଜୟା | wijaya | 57.14 |
| ୱିଜାୟା | wijaya | 33.33 |
| ୱିଯୟା | wiyaya | 4.76 |
| ୱିଜିୟା | wijiya | 4.76 |
| Wijaya in the Arabic language | ||
| ليجايا | lyjaya | - |
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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 Wijaya
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