Kajanja Surname
Approximately 1,332 people bear this surname
Kajanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,307 | 1:40,506 | 4,629 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kajanja (176) may also be a first name.
Kajanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kajanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kajanja is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kajanja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kajanja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 288,063rd most frequently used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 5,471,131 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kajanja live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 687,834th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 176 people.
The last name Kajanja is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,307 people, or 1 in 40,506. In Tanzania Kajanja is most common in: Geita Region, where 28 percent live, Ruvuma Region, where 21 percent live and Mara Region, where 20 percent live. Outside of Tanzania Kajanja occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
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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 Kajanja
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