Mejjah Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Mejjah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 73 | 1:725,228 | 41,094 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Mejjah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mejjah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mejjah is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mejjah? popularity and diffusion
Mejjah is the 2,203,767th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mejjah reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 725,228. In Tanzania Mejjah is most prevalent in: Mwanza Region, where 100 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent live.
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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 Mejjah
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