Mhanje Surname
Approximately 2,215 people bear this surname
Mhanje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,657 | 1:31,950 | 3,773 |
| Zimbabwe | 558 | 1:27,667 | 4,260 |
Mhanje (13) may also be a first name.
Mhanje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mhanje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mhanje occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mhanje? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mhanje is the 190,510th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,290,088 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mhanje are found; 75 percent are found in East Africa and 75 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 13 people.
The surname Mhanje is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,657 people, or 1 in 31,950. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Ruvuma Region, where 47 percent live, Njombe Region, where 33 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 9 percent live. Barring Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 25 percent live.
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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 Mhanje
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