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
The surname Mhanje is most common in Tanzania. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mhanje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 190,510th most commonly occurring surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 3,290,088 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mhanje live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widely held first name on earth It is held by 13 people.
Mhanje is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,657 people, or 1 in 31,950. In Tanzania Mhanje is most prevalent in: Ruvuma Region, where 47 percent reside, Njombe Region, where 33 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 9 percent reside. Other than Tanzania it exists in one country. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 25 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 Mhanje
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