Pejua Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Pejua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pejua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Pejua (8) may also be a first name.

Pejua Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pejua (Oriya: େପଜୁଆ) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Pejua? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,193,072nd most common last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Pejua occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Pejua live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Pejua is also the 4,213,784th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 8 people.

This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Singida Region, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Pjua891/
Pezua80656/
Peuba8095/
Pesua8072/
Pajua8010/
Peuua803/
Peuwa802/
Pejouhad771/
Pajuay73418/
Pejova7334/
Peihua7319/
Paehua7312/
Pekhua736/
Peyuva735/
Pessua734/
Pejaba733/
Peuiwa732/
Pechua732/
Pajuva732/
Pajuea731/
Pejiba731/
Perzua731/
Peuwua731/
Peuwea731/
Pezzua731/
Payjua731/
Pejava731/
Pojuaa731/
Pescua731/
Pewa671,305/
Peba67730/
Peva67198/
Pechuha6750/
Pejevad6719/
Pajuway6718/
Pojouha6712/
Pejewad675/
Pjuo671/
Pajouwa671/
Pejavei671/
Pejabai671/

Pejua Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pejua in the Oriya language
େପଜୁଆepaju'a80
େପଯୁଆepayu'a20

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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 Pejua
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