Samanja Surname
Approximately 1,005 people bear this surname
Samanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 840 | 1:210,884 | 12,537 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Zimbabwe | 52 | 1:296,889 | 30,036 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Samanja (372) may also be a first name.
Samanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Samanja (Hindi: समन्जा, Marathi: समंजा) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Samanja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Samanja is the 360,343rd most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 7,251,289 people. The last name Samanja occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Samanja live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Samanja is also the 450,135th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 372 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 840 people, or 1 in 210,884. In Nigeria Samanja is most numerous in: Gombe, where 27 percent reside, Kaduna, where 18 percent reside and Borno, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 10 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samanja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samanja in the Hindi language | ||
| समन्जा | samanja | - |
| Samanja in the Marathi language | ||
| समंजा | samanja | - |
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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 Samanja
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