Hendjala Surname

629,292nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 486 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Hendjala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hendjala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia4851:4,968934
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Hendjala Last Name Facts

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

Hendjala occurs more in Namibia more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hendjala? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 629,292nd most prevalent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 14,994,950 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hendjala are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Hendjala is most commonly held in Namibia, where it is borne by 485 people, or 1 in 4,968. In Namibia Hendjala is mostly concentrated in: Ohangwena Region, where 45 percent reside, Khomas Region, where 21 percent reside and Omusati Region, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Namibia this last name exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, 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 Hendjala
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