Mjaka Surname
Approximately 2,856 people bear this surname
Mjaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,840 | 1:18,641 | 2,387 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mjaka (388) may also be a first name.
Mjaka Demographics
Mjaka Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mjaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mjaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mjaka occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mjaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 153,842nd most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,551,662 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mjaka live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mjaka is also the 439,750th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 388 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 2,840 people, or 1 in 18,641. In Tanzania Mjaka is most common in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 20 percent live, Zanzibar North Region, where 14 percent live and Zanzibar Urban West Region, where 13 percent live. Barring Tanzania Mjaka exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 0 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Mjaka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
Mjaka earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 76.85% less than the national average, earning R 55,020 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 Mjaka
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