Vijana Surname
Approximately 144 people bear this surname
Vijana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 130 | 1:407,243 | 28,711 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Vijana (683) may also be a first name.
Vijana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vijana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vijana (Hindi: विजना, Marathi: िवजना) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vijana? popularity and diffusion
The last name Vijana is the 1,471,719th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 50,607,958 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Vijana reside; 90 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Vijana is also the 316,697th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 683 people.
The surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 130 people, or 1 in 407,243. In Tanzania Vijana is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 98 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 4 percent reside and Indonesia, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vijana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vijana in the Marathi language | ||
| िवजना | ivajana | 86.67 |
| िवजाना | ivajana | 6.67 |
| वैजना | vaijana | 6.67 |
| Vijana in the Hindi language | ||
| विजना | vijana | 84.9 |
| विजाना | vijana | 14.81 |
| वीजणा | vijana | 0.28 |
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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 Vijana
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