Nanjama Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nanjama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nanjama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania211:2,521,02948,569
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Nanjama (53) may also be a first name.

Nanjama Last Name Facts

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

Nanjama (Hindi: नंजमा, Marathi: नंजमा) is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nanjama? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,485,539th most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nanjama reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Nanjama is also the 1,366,219th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 53 people.

This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 2,521,029. In Tanzania Nanjama is most prevalent in: Mtwara Region, where 43 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 19 percent live and Lindi Region, where 19 percent live. Apart from Tanzania Nanjama occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 28 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.

Nanjama Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Nanjama Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nanjama in the Hindi language
नंजमाnanjama75
नाँजमाnamjama12.5
नांजमाnanjama12.5
Nanjama in the Marathi language
नंजमाnanjama66.67
नाजंमाnajamma16.67
नंजामाnanjama16.67

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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 Nanjama
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