Kilaja Surname
Approximately 304 people bear this surname
Kilaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 295 | 1:179,463 | 15,628 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kilaja (18) may also be a first name.
Kilaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kilaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kilaja (Hindi: किलजा, Oriya: କିଲଜା) is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kilaja? popularity and diffusion
Kilaja is the 885,573rd most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 23,972,191 people. The last name Kilaja is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kilaja are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 18 people.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 295 people, or 1 in 179,463. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Simiyu Region, where 44 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 31 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 19 percent are found. Not including Tanzania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kilaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kilaja in the Hindi language | ||
| किलजा | kilaja | - |
| Kilaja in the Oriya language | ||
| କିଲଜା | kilaja | - |
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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 Kilaja
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