Majinja Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Majinja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 47 | 1:328,473 | 31,980 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Majinja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Majinja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Majinja is most common in Zimbabwe. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Majinja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,506,728th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. Majinja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Majinja reside; 83 percent reside in Southern Africa and 83 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Majinja is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 328,473. In Zimbabwe Majinja is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 98 percent are found and Harare Province, where 2 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 8 percent are found and Tanzania, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Majinja
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