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 last name Mchana is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mchana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 193,885th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 3,361,414 people. The last name Mchana occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mchana are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Mchana is also the 542,091st most commonly held forename on earth It is held by 269 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,340 people, or 1 in 39,509. In Tanzania Mchana is mostly found in: Dodoma Region, where 75 percent live, Singida Region, where 12 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 38 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Mchana Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mchana has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mchana last name expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mchana Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Mchana surname is principally 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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