Wajja Surname
Approximately 517 people bear this surname
Wajja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 512 | 1:76,249 | 8,298 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Wajja (13) may also be a first name.
Wajja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wajja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wajja occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wajja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 601,015th most common family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 14,095,833 people. The last name Wajja is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wajja live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Wajja is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 13 people.
The last name Wajja is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 512 people, or 1 in 76,249. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Nakasongola District, where 35 percent are found, Buikwe District, where 17 percent are found and Kayunga District, where 13 percent are found. Other than Uganda it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 0 percent are found and The Maldives, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Wajja
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