Mahanya Surname
Approximately 910 people bear this surname
Mahanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 627 | 1:24,622 | 3,738 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Lesotho | 31 | 1:65,566 | 9,080 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Mahanya (167) may also be a first name.
Mahanya Demographics
Average Mahanya Salary in
South Africa
R 140,604
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mahanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mahanya (Hindi: महन्य, Marathi: महान्या) is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahanya? popularity and diffusion
Mahanya is the 389,400th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 8,008,292 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahanya live; 90 percent live in Southern Africa and 90 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 708,111th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 167 people.
It is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 627 people, or 1 in 24,622. In Zimbabwe Mahanya is most numerous in: Manicaland Province, where 65 percent are found, Masvingo Province, where 18 percent are found and Harare Province, where 7 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 14 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 9 percent are found.
Mahanya Last Name Statistics demography
Mahanya earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.83% less than the national average, earning R 140,604 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahanya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahanya in the Marathi language | ||
| महान्या | mahan'ya | 63.41 |
| महन्या | mahan'ya | 14.63 |
| माहण्या | mahanya | 9.76 |
| माहन्या | mahan'ya | 7.32 |
| महान्य | mahan'ya | 2.44 |
| माहान्या | mahan'ya | 2.44 |
| Mahanya in the Hindi language | ||
| महन्य | mahan'ya | 60 |
| महन्या | mahan'ya | 34.29 |
| महनया | mahanaya | 2.86 |
| महान्या | mahan'ya | 2.86 |
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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 Mahanya
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