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
Wajja has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wajja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wajja is the 601,015th most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 14,095,833 people. This last name 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. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 13 people.
It is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 512 people, or 1 in 76,249. In Uganda Wajja is most common in: Nakasongola District, where 35 percent reside, Buikwe District, where 17 percent reside and Kayunga District, where 13 percent reside. Beside Uganda this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 0 percent reside and The Maldives, where 0 percent reside.
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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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