Chanja Surname
Approximately 830 people bear this surname
Chanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 612 | 1:86,506 | 8,774 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Argentina | 20 | 1:2,137,171 | 104,027 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chanja (135) may also be a first name.
Chanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chanja (Hindi: चनजा, Oriya: ମହାକୁଡ) is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chanja? popularity and diffusion
Chanja is the 418,547th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,780,176 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Chanja reside; 74 percent reside in East Africa and 74 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Chanja is also the 797,647th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 135 people.
The last name Chanja is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 612 people, or 1 in 86,506. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Morogoro Region, where 73 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 23 percent live and Pwani Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Tanzania it is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 17 percent live and Angola, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chanja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chanja in the Oriya language | ||
| ମହାକୁଡ | mahakuda | - |
| Chanja in the Hindi language | ||
| चनजा | canaja | 50 |
| चंजा | canja | 50 |
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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 Chanja
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