Mchenje Surname
Approximately 456 people bear this surname
Mchenje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 242 | 1:63,794 | 9,597 |
| Tanzania | 213 | 1:248,552 | 20,077 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Mchenje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mchenje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mchenje is more commonly found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mchenje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mchenje is the 659,458th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 15,981,460 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mchenje reside; 53 percent reside in Southern Africa and 53 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 242 people, or 1 in 63,794. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Harare Province, where 40 percent live, Mashonaland Central Province, where 24 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 16 percent live. Aside from Zimbabwe Mchenje is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 47 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKhenje | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mchenji | 86 | 77 | / |
| Mchonje | 86 | 55 | / |
| Mchenge | 86 | 35 | / |
| Machanje | 80 | 162 | / |
| McHenzie | 80 | 6 | / |
| Mchonjoe | 80 | 4 | / |
| Machonje | 80 | 1 | / |
| McKenjue | 80 | 0 | / |
| McKenjie | 80 | 0 | / |
| Mkenje | 77 | 11 | / |
| Mchnji | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mwachanje | 75 | 73 | / |
| Mackenjee | 75 | 27 | / |
| Mwachonje | 75 | 6 | / |
| Mackenjie | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mchonjoye | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mchonjo | 71 | 284 | / |
| Mchanja | 71 | 276 | / |
| Mchinjo | 71 | 222 | / |
| Mgwenje | 71 | 131 | / |
| Mchinja | 71 | 124 | / |
| Mchinji | 71 | 108 | / |
| Mkwenje | 71 | 12 | / |
| Mchanji | 71 | 10 | / |
| Mchengi | 71 | 9 | / |
| Mchanjo | 71 | 9 | / |
| Mchunju | 71 | 9 | / |
| Makenje | 71 | 7 | / |
| Meganje | 71 | 7 | / |
| Mchonji | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mghenja | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mukenje | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mkhonje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mackhenzie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mkenjeu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mchunja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Machanja | 67 | 710 | / |
| Mukwenje | 67 | 345 | / |
| Makhonje | 67 | 292 | / |
| Machonjo | 67 | 227 | / |
| Makhense | 67 | 221 | / |
| Mukhonje | 67 | 188 | / |
| Mchinjaa | 67 | 174 | / |
| Makwenje | 67 | 165 | / |
| Makhence | 67 | 29 | / |
| Makhenge | 67 | 28 | / |
| Makhunje | 67 | 9 | / |
| Machunja | 67 | 9 | / |
| Makenjee | 67 | 8 | / |
| Makoenje | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mugwenje | 67 | 7 | / |
| Machanji | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mackenji | 67 | 5 | / |
| Machonja | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mekenjee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mwakenje | 67 | 2 | / |
| Makenjeu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mackenja | 67 | 2 | / |
| Machanjo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Macanjie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mechnjuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Magwenje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Muchnoji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mokhenge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Miguenje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mchanjha | 67 | 1 | / |
| McKinjie | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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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 Mchenje
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