Kwanja Surname
Approximately 549 people bear this surname
Kwanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 509 | 1:104,011 | 10,153 |
| Zambia | 22 | 1:720,451 | 26,729 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kwanja (16) may also be a first name.
Kwanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kwanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kwanja is found most in Tanzania. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Kwanja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwanja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kwanja is the 573,706th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 13,274,218 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kwanja live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kwanja is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 16 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 509 people, or 1 in 104,011. In Tanzania Kwanja is most numerous in: Morogoro Region, where 66 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 32 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 0 percent live. Besides Tanzania it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 4 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 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
- 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 Kwanja
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