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 occurs most in Kenya. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbaja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 418,906th most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,790,767 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Mbaja live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 60 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 797,647th most commonly used given name at a global level It is held by 135 people.
The last name Mbaja is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 580 people, or 1 in 79,621. In Kenya Mbaja is most common in: Migori County, where 31 percent live, Kisumu County, where 26 percent live and Vihiga County, where 14 percent live. Besides Kenya Mbaja occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 17 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 percent live.
Mbaja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name 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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