Nyaja Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Nyaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Nyaja (426) may also be a first name.
Nyaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nyaja (Hindi: न्याजा, Marathi: न्याजेा) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyaja? popularity and diffusion
Nyaja is the 2,979,664th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. Nyaja is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyaja reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nyaja is also the 416,125th most common first name in the world It is held by 426 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Taraba, where 92 percent reside, Benue, where 4 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 4 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 35 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nyaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nyaja in the Hindi language | ||
| न्याजा | n'yaja | 82.35 |
| न्याजअ | n'yaja'a | 11.76 |
| न्याज | n'yaja | 5.88 |
| Nyaja in the Marathi language | ||
| न्याजेा | n'yajea | 66.67 |
| न्याजा | n'yaja | 33.33 |
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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 Nyaja
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