Mayenje Surname
Approximately 591 people bear this surname
Mayenje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 374 | 1:141,555 | 12,992 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Zimbabwe | 27 | 1:571,787 | 44,609 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
Mayenje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mayenje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mayenje is found most in Tanzania. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Mayenje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mayenje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 542,751st most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,330,873 people. The surname Mayenje occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mayenje are found; 64 percent are found in East Africa and 64 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 374 people, or 1 in 141,555. In Tanzania Mayenje is most numerous in: Kigoma Region, where 64 percent reside, Tabora Region, where 33 percent reside and Arusha Region, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 31 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 5 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 Mayenje
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