Winja Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Winja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Winja (57) may also be a first name.
Winja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Winja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Winja is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Winja? popularity and diffusion
Winja is the 3,432,070th most widespread family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. Winja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of Winja are found; 36 percent are found in East Africa and 30 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Winja is also the 1,308,380th most frequently held given name throughout the world, held by 57 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 815,372. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Enga, where 90 percent are found and Western Highlands, where 10 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 21 percent are found and Kenya, where 15 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 Winja
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