Jakaya Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Jakaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 23 | 1:671,228 | 49,171 |
| Tanzania | 16 | 1:3,308,851 | 50,463 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Jakaya (195) may also be a first name.
Jakaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jakaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jakaya (Hindi: जकया, Marathi: जकया) occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jakaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,185,341st most commonly held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Jakaya are found; 31 percent are found in Southern Africa and 31 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 649,894th most widely held forename in the world It is held by 195 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 671,228. In Zimbabwe Jakaya is mostly found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 52 percent reside, Masvingo Province, where 39 percent reside and Harare Province, where 4 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 21 percent reside and India, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jakaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jakaya in the Hindi language | ||
| जकया | jakaya | - |
| Jakaya in the Marathi language | ||
| जकया | jakaya | 85.33 |
| जाकया | jakaya | 6.67 |
| जकाया | jakaya | 5.33 |
| जाकोया | jakoya | 1.33 |
| जाकीया | jakiya | 1.33 |
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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 Jakaya
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