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 is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mahinja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mahinja is the 433,161st most numerous family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 9,178,269 people. This last name occurs mostly 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 Mahinja is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 743 people, or 1 in 71,254. In Tanzania Mahinja is most common in: Kigoma Region, where 73 percent live, Kagera Region, where 19 percent live and Kilimanjaro Region, where 5 percent live. Beside Tanzania Mahinja occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 5 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 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 Mahinja
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