Mahengo Surname
Approximately 415 people bear this surname
Mahengo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 351 | 1:150,831 | 13,693 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mahengo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahengo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mahengo occurs most in Tanzania. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mahengo.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahengo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mahengo is the 707,442nd most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,560,352 people. Mahengo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahengo reside; 85 percent reside in East Africa and 85 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 351 people, or 1 in 150,831. In Tanzania Mahengo is most frequent in: Morogoro Region, where 43 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 39 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 15 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 12 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maengo | 92 | 1,195 | / |
| Mahenga | 86 | 1,150 | / |
| Mahingo | 86 | 106 | / |
| Mohengo | 86 | 83 | / |
| Maengoh | 86 | 3 | / |
| Mahiongo | 80 | 4 | / |
| Maheng'a | 80 | 4 | / |
| Maehngoh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mahe'nga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mahengah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maesengo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mahingou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Maenga | 77 | 369 | / |
| Moengo | 77 | 75 | / |
| Mahenenga | 75 | 11 | / |
| M'Mahenga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mahinga | 71 | 2,287 | / |
| Maengga | 71 | 45 | / |
| Mehenga | 71 | 37 | / |
| Moenggo | 71 | 25 | / |
| Mohenga | 71 | 12 | / |
| Maengah | 71 | 8 | / |
| Mehingo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mohingo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mauingo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mayienga | 67 | 172 | / |
| Mahingga | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mahuinga | 67 | 10 | / |
| Meijengo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mahoinga | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mahionga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Majjingo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Majjenga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Maiyenga | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Mahengo
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis