Kajja Surname
Approximately 959 people bear this surname
Kajja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 475 | 1:82,188 | 8,744 |
| Morocco | 409 | 1:84,294 | 14,399 |
| India | 58 | 1:13,225,265 | 229,403 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Kajja (338) may also be a first name.
Kajja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kajja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kajja (Hindi: कज्जा) is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kajja? popularity and diffusion
Kajja is the 373,745th most commonly used family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,599,109 people. Kajja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Kajja are found; 50 percent are found in East Africa and 48 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 475,334th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 338 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 475 people, or 1 in 82,188. In Uganda it is primarily concentrated in: Wakiso District, where 18 percent are found, Kampala District, where 13 percent are found and Kamuli District, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Uganda this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 43 percent are found and India, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kajja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kajja in the Hindi language | ||
| कज्जा | kajja | 98.41 |
| काज्जा | kajja | 1.59 |
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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 Kajja
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