Nsanja Surname
Approximately 1,077 people bear this surname
Nsanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 663 | 1:58,883 | 6,869 |
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nsanja (11) may also be a first name.
Nsanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nsanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nsanja is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nsanja click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nsanja? popularity and diffusion
Nsanja is the 341,074th most frequent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 6,766,524 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nsanja live; 62 percent live in East Africa and 62 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nsanja is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 11 people.
The surname Nsanja is most widespread in Uganda, where it is borne by 663 people, or 1 in 58,883. In Uganda Nsanja is primarily found in: Wakiso District, where 29 percent reside, Kampala District, where 27 percent reside and Mukono District, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Uganda this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 36 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Nsanja
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