Nganja Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Nganja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 51 | 1:2,593,121 | 151,846 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
Nganja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nganja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nganja is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Nganja.
How Common Is The Last Name Nganja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,955,159th most numerous surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 55 percent of Nganja live; 55 percent live in Southeast Asia and 55 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
This surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 2,593,121. In Indonesia Nganja is mostly concentrated in: South Sulawesi, where 49 percent live, East Nusa Tenggara, where 45 percent live and Papua, where 6 percent live. Apart from Indonesia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 37 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.
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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 Nganja
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