Ijumaa Surname
Approximately 822 people bear this surname
Ijumaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 821 | 1:64,484 | 6,844 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ijumaa (2,170) may also be a first name.
Ijumaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ijumaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ijumaa is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ijumaa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 421,746th most frequently occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,865,628 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ijumaa reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Ijumaa is also the 160,959th most widespread given name in the world, held by 2,170 people.
The last name Ijumaa is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 821 people, or 1 in 64,484. In Tanzania Ijumaa is primarily found in: Dodoma Region, where 31 percent are found, Tanga Region, where 25 percent are found and Kilimanjaro Region, where 19 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Ijumaa
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