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
The last name Mjaya (Marathi: जया) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mjaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 930,678th most common surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 25,751,046 people. The last name 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 widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 352 people.
The last name Mjaya is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 267 people, or 1 in 198,283. In Tanzania Mjaya is mostly found in: Mara Region, where 72 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 26 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 0 percent reside. Other than Tanzania it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 3 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.
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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