Meneja Surname
Approximately 1,130 people bear this surname
Meneja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,114 | 1:47,524 | 5,339 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Meneja (105) may also be a first name.
Meneja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meneja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Meneja is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Meneja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 328,333rd most numerous surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 6,449,156 people. The surname Meneja is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Meneja reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Meneja is also the 920,134th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 105 people.
The surname Meneja is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,114 people, or 1 in 47,524. In Tanzania it is most common in: Geita Region, where 51 percent live, Shinyanga Region, where 19 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 16 percent live. Apart from Tanzania it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 0 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 Meneja
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