Mchena Surname
Approximately 460 people bear this surname
Mchena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 428 | 1:123,695 | 11,696 |
| Zimbabwe | 30 | 1:514,608 | 41,883 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Mchena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mchena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mchena has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mchena? popularity and diffusion
Mchena is the 655,080th most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,842,491 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mchena reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name Mchena is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 428 people, or 1 in 123,695. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Njombe Region, where 66 percent are found, Iringa Region, where 17 percent are found and Mbeya Region, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent are found and New Zealand, where 0 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 Mchena
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