Mchenje Surname

659,458th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 456 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mchenje Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mchenje Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe2421:63,7949,597
Tanzania2131:248,55220,077
England21:27,859,030389,889
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Mchenje Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mchenje Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Mchenje is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mchenje.

How Common Is The Last Name Mchenje? popularity and diffusion

Mchenje is the 659,458th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,981,460 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mchenje are found; 53 percent are found in Southern Africa and 53 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Mchenje is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 242 people, or 1 in 63,794. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Harare Province, where 40 percent reside, Mashonaland Central Province, where 24 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 16 percent reside. Besides Zimbabwe Mchenje is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 47 percent reside and England, 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
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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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