Isanja Surname
Approximately 371 people bear this surname
Isanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 359 | 1:147,470 | 13,430 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Isanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Isanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Isanja occurs most in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Isanja? popularity and diffusion
Isanja is the 767,694th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,642,981 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Isanja reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Isanja is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 359 people, or 1 in 147,470. In Tanzania Isanja is primarily concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 30 percent are found, Singida Region, where 26 percent are found and Arusha Region, where 22 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 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 Isanja
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