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
Chanja (Hindi: चनजा, Oriya: ମହାକୁଡ) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chanja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chanja is the 418,547th most commonly used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 8,780,176 people. The surname Chanja is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Chanja live; 74 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 797,647th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 135 people.
The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 612 people, or 1 in 86,506. In Tanzania it is most common in: Morogoro Region, where 73 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 23 percent are found and Pwani Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this surname is found in 15 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 17 percent are found and Angola, where 3 percent are found.
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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