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 surname Kajja (Hindi: कज्जा) occurs most in Uganda. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kajja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kajja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kajja is the 373,745th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 7,599,109 people. The last name Kajja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Kajja reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 48 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 475,334th most common given name throughout the world, borne by 338 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 475 people, or 1 in 82,188. In Uganda it is most common in: Wakiso District, where 18 percent reside, Kampala District, where 13 percent reside and Kamuli District, where 12 percent reside. Other than Uganda this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 43 percent reside and India, where 6 percent reside.
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
- 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 Kajja
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