Namajanja Surname
Approximately 357 people bear this surname
Namajanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 337 | 1:115,844 | 11,167 |
| Kenya | 19 | 1:2,430,521 | 36,895 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Namajanja (78) may also be a first name.
Namajanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Namajanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Namajanja is most common in Uganda. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Namajanja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 790,102nd most commonly held last name globally, held by around 1 in 20,413,294 people. The surname Namajanja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namajanja live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 69 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Namajanja is also the 1,091,646th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 78 people.
The last name Namajanja is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 337 people, or 1 in 115,844. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Manafwa District, where 68 percent reside, Bududa District, where 8 percent reside and Budaka District, where 4 percent reside. Besides Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namajjanja | 95 | 2 | / |
| Namayanja | 89 | 26,378 | / |
| Namasanja | 89 | 12 | / |
| Namachanja | 84 | 1,541 | / |
| Namayanjja | 84 | 57 | / |
| Nnamayanja | 84 | 8 | / |
| Namayannja | 84 | 1 | / |
| Namayamnja | 84 | 1 | / |
| Namainja | 82 | 210 | / |
| Namaynja | 82 | 4 | / |
| Namachanjah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namachanjya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namayanjjaa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Namuyanja | 78 | 7,632 | / |
| Namayinja | 78 | 29 | / |
| Namazanza | 78 | 28 | / |
| Namainjad | 78 | 22 | / |
| Namayanya | 78 | 4 | / |
| Namayanza | 78 | 4 | / |
| Namiyanja | 78 | 3 | / |
| Namujinja | 78 | 3 | / |
| Namasonja | 78 | 2 | / |
| Namayansa | 78 | 2 | / |
| Namayanji | 78 | 2 | / |
| Namasansa | 78 | 1 | / |
| Namajenje | 78 | 1 | / |
| Namuyanjja | 74 | 19 | / |
| Nnamuyanja | 74 | 6 | / |
| Nammuyanja | 74 | 1 | / |
| Namounja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Namachancha | 70 | 3 | / |
| Namasanso | 67 | 19 | / |
| Namayenje | 67 | 13 | / |
| Namuyonja | 67 | 10 | / |
| Namazonjo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Namayange | 67 | 7 | / |
| Namawenje | 67 | 3 | / |
| Namujonjo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namujenje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namuyanya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namiyanya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namayenjo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namuyamja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Namasonjo | 67 | 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 Namajanja
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