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
The surname Mahanyi (Hindi: महन्यी, Oriya: ମହାି) occurs most in Tanzania. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mahanyi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahanyi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,955,159th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. The surname Mahanyi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Mahanyi reside; 82 percent reside in East Africa and 82 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mahanyi is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 20 people.
It is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 705,888. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Morogoro Region, where 100 percent live. Besides Tanzania this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 11 percent live and Zambia, where 5 percent live.
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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