Mahenye Surname

490,085th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 676 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mahenye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mahenye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2451:63,0139,478
Malawi1831:93,54711,397
Tanzania1191:444,88831,116
Kenya1141:405,08722,588
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Mahenye (24) may also be a first name.

Mahenye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mahenye Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mahenye is found most in Zimbabwe. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Mahenye.

How Common Is The Last Name Mahenye? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mahenye is the 490,085th most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,780,393 people. The last name Mahenye is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahenye reside; 65 percent reside in Southern Africa and 65 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mahenye is also the 2,187,323rd most widely held forename internationally, borne by 24 people.

The last name Mahenye is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 245 people, or 1 in 63,013. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Manicaland Province, where 38 percent are found, Masvingo Province, where 33 percent are found and Harare Province, where 12 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe Mahenye is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 27 percent are found and Tanzania, where 18 percent are found.

Mahenye Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Mahenye earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 28.56% more than the national average, earning R 305,496 per year.

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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 Mahenye
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