Wajika Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Wajika Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 84 | 1:630,257 | 38,555 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Wajika Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wajika Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wajika occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wajika? popularity and diffusion
Wajika is the 1,666,404th most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. The last name Wajika is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wajika live; 71 percent live in East Africa and 71 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 630,257. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Ruvuma Region, where 80 percent live, Mtwara Region, where 11 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 5 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 29 percent live and Niger, where 1 percent live.
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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 Wajika
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