Samoja Surname
Approximately 522 people bear this surname
Samoja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 504 | 1:105,043 | 10,238 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Samoja (54) may also be a first name.
Samoja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samoja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samoja (Hindi: समोजा, Marathi: समोजा) occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samoja? popularity and diffusion
The last name Samoja is the 596,518th most frequently held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 13,960,816 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Samoja reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Samoja is also the 1,350,955th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 54 people.
It is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 504 people, or 1 in 105,043. In Tanzania Samoja is primarily found in: Rukwa Region, where 35 percent reside, Simiyu Region, where 26 percent reside and Kigoma Region, where 24 percent reside. Not including Tanzania Samoja exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Samoja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Samoja in the Hindi language | ||
| समोजा | samoja | - |
| Samoja in the Marathi language | ||
| समोजा | samoja | - |
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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 Samoja
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