Amasaja Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Amasaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 92 | 1:501,955 | 25,569 |
| Uganda | 57 | 1:684,900 | 34,656 |
Amasaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amasaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amasaja is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amasaja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,441,361st most widely held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. The surname Amasaja occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Amasaja are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 501,955. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Busia County, where 98 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 1 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 1 percent are found. Not including Kenya this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 38 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 Amasaja
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