Kijama Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Kijama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 122 | 1:433,948 | 30,252 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kijama (31) may also be a first name.
Kijama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kijama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kijama is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kijama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,604,449th most widespread surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 57,837,666 people. The last name Kijama occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kijama live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world It is held by 31 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 433,948. In Tanzania Kijama is most frequent in: Lindi Region, where 96 percent are found, Kilimanjaro Region, where 3 percent are found and Kagera Region, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 2 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 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 Kijama
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