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 carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahanya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 389,400th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 8,008,292 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahanya are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Mahanya is also the 708,111th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 167 people.
It is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 627 people, or 1 in 24,622. In Zimbabwe Mahanya is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 65 percent reside, Masvingo Province, where 18 percent reside and Harare Province, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 14 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 9 percent reside.
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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