Nanjala
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Nanjala is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kenya than in any other country, where it is the 48th most common surname.
- KEKenya≈1 in 1.8K(inferred from the name graph)
- UGUganda≈1 in 85K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 4.5M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Kenya (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 30 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈29,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Kenya, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nanjala counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KE Kenya | #48 | ≈29,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | — | Nanjala | 30 |
| UG Uganda | — | ≈510 est. | ≈1 in 85K | — | Nanjala | 6 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈13 est. | ≈1 in 4.5M | — | Nanjala | 3 |
| US United States | — | ≈8 est. | ≈1 in 41M | — | Nanjala | 16 |
| IN India | — | 6 | 1 in 221M | 6 | Nanjala | 5 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 4 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 22 | #59,640 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 6 | #170,097 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Nanjala have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 29 thousand people named Nanjala in Kenya, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nanjala.
- How common is the name Nanjala?
- In India, the national register counted 6 people named Nanjala, about 1 in 221 million residents.
- How common is Nanjala compared with other names?
- In Kenya, Nanjala is the 48th most common surname of 179,147 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Nanjala?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nanjalaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nanjala” — the 48th most common surname in Kenya. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.