Mjaja Surname
Approximately 1,225 people bear this surname
Mjaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1,033 | 1:52,447 | 6,627 |
| Tanzania | 187 | 1:283,110 | 22,159 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mjaja (241) may also be a first name.
Mjaja Demographics
Average Mjaja Salary in
South Africa
R 112,512
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mjaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mjaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mjaja occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mjaja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mjaja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 308,137th most common last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 5,949,017 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mjaja live; 84 percent live in Southern Africa and 84 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 575,894th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 241 people.
Mjaja is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,033 people, or 1 in 52,447. In South Africa it is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 89 percent live, Gauteng, where 5 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 3 percent live. Excluding South Africa Mjaja is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 15 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Mjaja Last Name Statistics demography
Mjaja earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.65% less than the national average, earning R 112,512 per year.
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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 Mjaja
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