Mcheni Surname
Approximately 924 people bear this surname
Mcheni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 907 | 1:58,370 | 6,312 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mcheni (163) may also be a first name.
Mcheni Demographics
Mcheni Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Mcheni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mcheni Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mcheni is found in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mcheni? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 384,654th most common surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 7,886,954 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mcheni live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 717,791st most prevalent forename worldwide. It is borne by 163 people.
The last name Mcheni is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 907 people, or 1 in 58,370. In Tanzania Mcheni is most prevalent in: Lindi Region, where 45 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 36 percent are found and Pwani Region, where 10 percent are found. Other than Tanzania this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 1 percent are found and Kenya, where 0 percent are found.
Mcheni Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Muslim (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
- 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 Mcheni
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