Mhanza Surname
Approximately 271 people bear this surname
Mhanza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 179 | 1:295,763 | 22,969 |
| Zimbabwe | 92 | 1:167,807 | 20,631 |
Mhanza (11) may also be a first name.
Mhanza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mhanza Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mhanza has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mhanza? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 961,438th most frequent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 26,891,313 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mhanza reside; 66 percent reside in East Africa and 66 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name on earth, held by 11 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 179 people, or 1 in 295,763. In Tanzania Mhanza is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 67 percent are found, Kilimanjaro Region, where 31 percent are found and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent are found. Beside Tanzania Mhanza exists in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 34 percent are found.
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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 Mhanza
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