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
Meneja occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meneja? popularity and diffusion
Meneja is the 328,333rd most numerous last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 6,449,156 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Meneja are found; 99 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Meneja is also the 920,134th most common first name world-wide It is held by 105 people.
This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,114 people, or 1 in 47,524. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Geita Region, where 51 percent are found, Shinyanga Region, where 19 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 16 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.
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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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