Chananja Surname

221,768th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,839 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Chananja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chananja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1,8361:28,8353,446
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Chananja (109) may also be a first name.

Chananja Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chananja Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Chananja is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chananja? popularity and diffusion

The last name Chananja is the 221,768th most commonly used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 3,962,776 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Chananja are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 900,062nd most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 109 people.

Chananja is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,836 people, or 1 in 28,835. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Geita Region, where 44 percent reside, Simiyu Region, where 25 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 24 percent reside. Barring Tanzania Chananja exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Chananja
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