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 carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Vijana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,471,719th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 50,607,958 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Vijana live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Vijana is also the 316,697th most commonly used given name at a global level, borne by 683 people.
This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 407,243. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Mbeya Region, where 98 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common 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
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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 Vijana
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