Mhaja Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Mhaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Mhaja (11) may also be a first name.
Mhaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mhaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mhaja is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mhaja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mhaja is the 5,057,639th most frequent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Mhaja live; 53 percent live in Southern Africa and 53 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Mhaja is also the 3,487,849th most common first name on earth, borne by 11 people.
It is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 1,929,780. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 88 percent live and Harare Province, where 13 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 40 percent live and Tanzania, where 7 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 Mhaja
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