Kusanja Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kusanja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kusanja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania291:1,825,57347,638
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Kusanja (22) may also be a first name.

Kusanja Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kusanja Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kusanja is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kusanja? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,485,539th most frequently used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname Kusanja is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kusanja live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kusanja is also the 2,301,746th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 22 people.

The last name Kusanja is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 1,825,573. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Iringa Region, where 31 percent live, Mara Region, where 31 percent live and Kigoma Region, where 14 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 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
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  • 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 Kusanja
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