Mbaja Surname
Approximately 829 people bear this surname
Mbaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 580 | 1:79,621 | 7,372 |
| Nigeria | 145 | 1:1,221,674 | 49,169 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Uganda | 33 | 1:1,183,008 | 47,935 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mbaja (135) may also be a first name.
Mbaja Demographics
Mbaja Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mbaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbaja is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbaja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 418,906th most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 8,790,767 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Mbaja are found; 75 percent are found in East Africa and 60 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 797,647th most widely held given name at a global level, held by 135 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 580 people, or 1 in 79,621. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Migori County, where 31 percent live, Kisumu County, where 26 percent live and Vihiga County, where 14 percent live. Beside Kenya this last name is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 17 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 percent live.
Mbaja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Mbaja surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Mbaja
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