Rwaja Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Rwaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
Rwaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rwaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rwaja is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rwaja? popularity and diffusion
Rwaja is the 4,772,636th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. Rwaja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rwaja live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania Rwaja is most common in: Mara Region, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania Rwaja exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 47 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 Rwaja
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