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
Menja Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Menja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Menja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻨﺞ, Hindi: मेन्जा, Oriya: େଦଇ) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Menja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Menja? popularity and diffusion
Menja is the 592,650th most common surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,854,650 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Menja live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 55,952nd most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 11,439 people.
This last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 391 people, or 1 in 118,107. In Kenya Menja is mostly found in: Nyeri County, where 25 percent are found, Meru County, where 22 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 16 percent are found. Other than Kenya this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 7 percent are found and Malaysia, where 7 percent are found.
Menja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Menja last name is chiefly 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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