Mahanja Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Mahanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mahanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mahanja (Hindi: महनजा) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahanja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,908,606th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Mahanja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Mahanja live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 3,781,544. In Tanzania Mahanja is most frequent in: Singida Region, where 64 percent live, Arusha Region, where 7 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 7 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 6 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahanja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahanja in the Hindi language | ||
| महनजा | mahanaja | 66.67 |
| महन्जा | mahanja | 33.33 |
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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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- 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 Mahanja
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