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
The last name Kwanja is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kwanja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 573,706th most commonly held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 13,274,218 people. The surname 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 commonly occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 16 people.
The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 509 people, or 1 in 104,011. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 66 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 32 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 0 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 4 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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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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