Mayenja Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Mayenja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 187 | 1:283,110 | 22,159 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Mayenja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mayenja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mayenja is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mayenja? popularity and diffusion
Mayenja is the 1,231,034th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 38,558,444 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mayenja reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Mayenja is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 187 people, or 1 in 283,110. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Morogoro Region, where 50 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 44 percent are found and Iringa Region, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 1 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Mayenja
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