Jananja Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Jananja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jananja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania81:6,617,70268,742
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

Jananja Last Name Facts

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

Jananja occurs most in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Jananja? popularity and diffusion

The last name Jananja is the 6,360,413th most common last name in the world, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Jananja are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 89 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 6,617,702. In Tanzania Jananja is primarily concentrated in: Shinyanga Region, where 50 percent are found and Simiyu Region, where 50 percent are found. Barring Tanzania it exists in one country. It is also found in Sri Lanka, where 11 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 Jananja
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