Namachanja Surname
Approximately 1,541 people bear this surname
Namachanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,474 | 1:31,330 | 3,416 |
| Uganda | 65 | 1:600,604 | 31,967 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Namachanja (265) may also be a first name.
Namachanja Demographics
Namachanja Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Namachanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namachanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Namachanja occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Namachanja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 255,938th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,729,102 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namachanja are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Namachanja is also the 546,451st most widespread first name in the world It is held by 265 people.
The last name Namachanja is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,474 people, or 1 in 31,330. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Bungoma County, where 70 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 11 percent are found and Trans Nzoia County, where 10 percent are found. Not including Kenya Namachanja is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 4 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.
Namachanja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namachanjah | 95 | 1 | / |
| Namachanjya | 95 | 1 | / |
| Namachancha | 86 | 3 | / |
| Namajanja | 84 | 357 | / |
| Namasanja | 84 | 12 | / |
| Namajjanja | 80 | 2 | / |
| Namasanya | 74 | 98 | / |
| Namazanza | 74 | 28 | / |
| Namasonja | 74 | 2 | / |
| Namasansa | 74 | 1 | / |
| Namakhonje | 70 | 1,753 | / |
| Namakhanyo | 70 | 56 | / |
| Namakhonji | 70 | 1 | / |
| Namasanso | 63 | 19 | / |
| Namazonjo | 63 | 7 | / |
| Namasonjo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Namakhonye | 60 | 2 | / |
| Namakhonya | 60 | 1 | / |
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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 Namachanja
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