Mjaya Surname
Approximately 283 people bear this surname
Mjaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 267 | 1:198,283 | 16,956 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Mjaya (352) may also be a first name.
Mjaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mjaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mjaya (Marathi: जया) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mjaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 930,678th most commonly used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 25,751,046 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mjaya live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 464,438th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 352 people.
The surname Mjaya is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 267 people, or 1 in 198,283. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Mara Region, where 72 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 26 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 0 percent are found. Not including Tanzania it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 3 percent are found and Indonesia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mjaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mjaya in the Marathi language | ||
| जया | jaya | - |
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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 Mjaya
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