Mahanyi Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Mahanyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 75 | 1:705,888 | 40,428 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Zambia | 5 | 1:3,169,984 | 35,680 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mahanyi (20) may also be a first name.
Mahanyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahanyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mahanyi (Hindi: महन्यी, Oriya: ମହାି) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahanyi? popularity and diffusion
Mahanyi is the 1,955,159th most widely held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Mahanyi live; 82 percent live in East Africa and 82 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 20 people.
This last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 705,888. In Tanzania Mahanyi is mostly concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 11 percent are found and Zambia, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mahanyi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mahanyi in the Hindi language | ||
| महन्यी | mahan'yi | - |
| Mahanyi in the Oriya language | ||
| ମହାି | mahai | - |
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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
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- 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 Mahanyi
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