Mahaza Surname
Approximately 258 people bear this surname
Mahaza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 180 | 1:294,120 | 22,795 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Zimbabwe | 21 | 1:735,154 | 52,165 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mahaza (2,078) may also be a first name.
Mahaza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahaza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mahaza occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahaza? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 993,593rd most frequently held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 28,246,302 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Mahaza reside; 70 percent reside in East Africa and 70 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mahaza is also the 165,323rd most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 2,078 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 180 people, or 1 in 294,120. In Tanzania Mahaza is mostly concentrated in: Mwanza Region, where 41 percent live, Mara Region, where 39 percent live and Dodoma Region, where 5 percent live. Aside from Tanzania Mahaza occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 8 percent live.
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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 Mahaza
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