Anyaja Surname
Approximately 672 people bear this surname
Anyaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 626 | 1:62,363 | 7,160 |
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Anyaja (720) may also be a first name.
Anyaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anyaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Anyaja (Marathi: याजा) is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Anyaja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 492,243rd most commonly used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 10,844,562 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Anyaja reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 55 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 307,588th most commonly occurring given name on earth It is held by 720 people.
This surname is most common in Uganda, where it is borne by 626 people, or 1 in 62,363. In Uganda Anyaja is most common in: Adjumani District, where 59 percent live, Moyo District, where 38 percent live and Amuria District, where 2 percent live. Outside of Uganda this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 7 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Anyaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Anyaja in the Marathi language | ||
| याजा | yaja | - |
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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 Anyaja
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