Mkuja Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Mkuja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mkuja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mkuja (15) may also be a first name.

Mkuja Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mkuja Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Mkuja is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mkuja? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,723,624th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Mkuja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Mkuja live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequent given name at a global level, borne by 15 people.

It is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 8,823,602. In Tanzania Mkuja is most prevalent in: Zanzibar Urban West Region, where 67 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 17 percent are found. Beside Tanzania Mkuja is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mkauja91141/
Mkusa802,577/
Mkuya802,071/
Mkuza8074/
Mkuji8035/
Mkeja805/
Mkuje805/
Mkaja805/
Mkija804/
Mkuha803/
Mkoja802/
Mkhaja734/
Mkhija733/
Mkhuza731/
Mkhusa731/
Mkuisa731/
Mkhuoa731/
Mkhuya731/
Mkauya731/
Mkai671,177/
Mkea67394/
Mkaa67259/
Mkay67138/
Mkoa6777/
Mkue679/
Mkau676/
Mkhuyas675/
Mkui674/
Mkhouza673/
Mkeu673/
Mkuy672/
Mkuyaha671/
Mkae671/
Mqukusa671/
Mkhuusa671/
Mkej671/
Mkoj671/

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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 Mkuja
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