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 is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mchena? popularity and diffusion
Mchena is the 655,080th most numerous family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,842,491 people. Mchena occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mchena live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 428 people, or 1 in 123,695. In Tanzania Mchena is primarily concentrated in: Njombe Region, where 66 percent reside, Iringa Region, where 17 percent reside and Mbeya Region, where 15 percent reside. Other than Tanzania this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 7 percent reside and New Zealand, where 0 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 Mchena
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