Mahinja Surname
Approximately 794 people bear this surname
Mahinja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 743 | 1:71,254 | 7,456 |
| Uganda | 42 | 1:929,507 | 41,540 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
Mahinja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mahinja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mahinja occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahinja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 433,161st most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 9,178,269 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mahinja reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 743 people, or 1 in 71,254. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 73 percent reside, Kagera Region, where 19 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 5 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 5 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Mahinja
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