Mchana Surname
Approximately 2,168 people bear this surname
Mchana Surname User-submission:
This surname means 'peace and unity of the people and day'.
Mchana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,340 | 1:39,509 | 4,528 |
| Kenya | 818 | 1:56,455 | 5,603 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Mchana (269) may also be a first name.
Mchana Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'peace and unity of the people and day'.
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Mchana Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mchana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mchana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mchana is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mchana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 193,885th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 3,361,414 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mchana live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mchana is also the 542,091st most frequently used given name throughout the world It is held by 269 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,340 people, or 1 in 39,509. In Tanzania Mchana is primarily concentrated in: Dodoma Region, where 75 percent are found, Singida Region, where 12 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 38 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Mchana Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Mchana has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Mchana last name grew 300 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mchana Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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
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- 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 Mchana
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