Nanjanga Surname

692,305th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 427 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Nanjanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nanjanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2821:187,73616,202
DR Congo1441:513,05340,658
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Nanjanga (21) may also be a first name.

Nanjanga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nanjanga is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nanjanga click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nanjanga? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 692,305th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 17,066,852 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nanjanga reside; 66 percent reside in East Africa and 66 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequent first name in the world, held by 21 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 282 people, or 1 in 187,736. In Tanzania it is most common in: Lindi Region, where 73 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 23 percent are found and Mtwara Region, where 3 percent are found. Beside Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 34 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Nanjanga
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