Menja Surname
Approximately 526 people bear this surname
Menja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 391 | 1:118,107 | 9,926 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| Malaysia | 35 | 1:842,692 | 38,700 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Menja (11,439) may also be a first name.
Menja Demographics
Average Menja Salary in
United States
$34,375 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Menja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Menja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﺞ, Hindi: मेन्जा, Oriya: େଦଇ) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Menja.
How Common Is The Last Name Menja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 592,650th most widely held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 13,854,650 people. Menja occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Menja reside; 75 percent reside in East Africa and 74 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 55,952nd most frequently used given name on earth. It is borne by 11,439 people.
This last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is carried by 391 people, or 1 in 118,107. In Kenya Menja is most numerous in: Nyeri County, where 25 percent are found, Meru County, where 22 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 16 percent are found. Besides Kenya it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 7 percent are found and Malaysia, where 7 percent are found.
Menja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Menja last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Menja earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Menja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Menja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻨﺞ | mnj | - |
| Menja in the Hindi language | ||
| मेन्जा | menja | 60 |
| मेनजा | menaja | 20 |
| मेंजा | menja | 20 |
| Menja in the Oriya language | ||
| େଦଇ | eda'i | 29.21 |
| ମ | ma | 21.29 |
| େବୱା | ebawa | 10.89 |
| େମଂଜ | emanja | 9.9 |
| ସାମାଡ | samada | 7.43 |
| ବାନରା | banara | 5.94 |
| େଦଈ | eda'i | 4.46 |
| େଜରାଇ | ejara'i | 3.96 |
| େକାଇ | eka'i | 2.48 |
| ଜ | ja | 2.48 |
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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 Menja
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