Mejja Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Mejja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 28 | 1:1,394,260 | 52,673 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mejja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mejja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mejja (Hindi: मेज्जा) is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mejja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mejja is the 2,843,861st most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Mejja reside; 64 percent reside in East Africa and 62 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 1,394,260. In Uganda Mejja is primarily found in: Kibuku District, where 29 percent reside, Mayuge District, where 25 percent reside and Namutumba District, where 7 percent reside. Other than Uganda Mejja is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 19 percent reside and Malawi, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mejja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mejja in the Hindi language | ||
| मेज्जा | mejja | - |
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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 Mejja
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