Wajama Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Wajama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 81 | 1:653,600 | 39,027 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Wajama (34) may also be a first name.
Wajama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wajama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wajama (Hindi: वाजमा, Oriya: ୱାଜାମା) is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wajama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wajama? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,967,751st most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. The surname Wajama is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wajama are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Wajama is also the 1,775,424th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 34 people.
Wajama is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 81 people, or 1 in 653,600. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mara Region, where 86 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 5 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 7 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wajama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wajama in the Hindi language | ||
| वाजमा | vajama | - |
| Wajama in the Oriya language | ||
| ୱାଜାମା | wajama | - |
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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 Wajama
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