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 is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mahengo.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahengo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 707,442nd most frequent surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 17,560,352 people. The surname 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 surname Mahengo is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 351 people, or 1 in 150,831. In Tanzania Mahengo is mostly found in: Morogoro Region, where 43 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 39 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 15 percent live. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists 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