Jayunga Surname
Approximately 570 people bear this surname
Jayunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 543 | 1:97,498 | 9,656 |
| Peru | 27 | 1:1,177,190 | 20,369 |
Jayunga (260) may also be a first name.
Jayunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jayunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jayunga is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jayunga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 557,722nd most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 12,785,168 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Jayunga live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Jayunga is also the 552,051st most frequently held first name globally, held by 260 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 543 people, or 1 in 97,498. In Tanzania Jayunga is mostly found in: Shinyanga Region, where 53 percent reside, Simiyu Region, where 41 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent reside. Beside Tanzania Jayunga occurs in one country. It is also common in Peru, where 5 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 Jayunga
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