Mhema Surname
Approximately 6,304 people bear this surname
Mhema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 6,287 | 1:8,421 | 1,106 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mhema (74) may also be a first name.
Mhema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mhema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mhema has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mhema? popularity and diffusion
Mhema is the 77,583rd most common surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,156,019 people. The last name Mhema occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mhema live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mhema is also the 1,125,792nd most commonly occurring first name at a global level It is held by 74 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 6,287 people, or 1 in 8,421. In Tanzania Mhema is most frequent in: Njombe Region, where 40 percent live, Iringa Region, where 20 percent live and Songwe Region, where 9 percent live. Apart from Tanzania this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live and India, where 0 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 Mhema
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