Nakaja Surname
Approximately 252 people bear this surname
Nakaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 117 | 1:452,492 | 31,593 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Uganda | 51 | 1:765,476 | 37,015 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Nakaja (86) may also be a first name.
Nakaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nakaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nakaja is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nakaja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nakaja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,009,375th most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 28,918,833 people. The surname Nakaja is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Nakaja live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nakaja is also the 1,032,266th most numerous forename at a global level, borne by 86 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 452,492. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Mtwara Region, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania Nakaja is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 30 percent reside and Uganda, where 20 percent reside.
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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 Nakaja
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