Mchia Surname
Approximately 2,119 people bear this surname
Mchia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,219 | 1:43,430 | 4,931 |
| Nigeria | 899 | 1:197,044 | 11,832 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Mchia (288) may also be a first name.
Mchia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mchia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mchia is most common in Tanzania. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mchia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 197,566th most commonly used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 3,439,144 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mchia live; 58 percent live in East Africa and 58 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mchia is also the 520,883rd most commonly used given name on earth. It is borne by 288 people.
The last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,219 people, or 1 in 43,430. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Lindi Region, where 72 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 12 percent reside and Mtwara Region, where 10 percent reside. Other than Tanzania Mchia is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 42 percent reside and The United States, 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 Mchia
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